Reliance Automobile & Supply Co. v. City of Jackson

Plaintiffs, owners of land on East Michigan avenue in Jackson liable to special assessment for street improvements, filed the bill of complaint herein to set aside the assessments made for paving, and for sewer and water connections; and to recover that part of the special assessments paid.. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiffs appeal.

The street was paved more than 20 years before the proceedings attacked. By the provisions of the charter of Jackson the cost of original pavements, except exempt property and intersections, is to be met by special assessments on abutting property. The…