Schurtz v. City of Grand Rapids
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from superior court of Grand Rapids; Dun-ham, J. Bill by Perry Schurtz against the city of Grand Rapids and Sheridan F. Master to enjoin the payment of a bill for legal services by defendant Master. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from superior court of Grand Rapids; Dun-ham, J. Bill by Perry Schurtz against the city of Grand Rapids and Sheridan F. Master to enjoin the payment of a bill for legal services by defendant Master. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals. Plaintiff, as a resident taxpayer and qualified elector of the city of Grand Rapids, filed a bill against said city in the superior court thereof, praying for a perpetual injunction restraining said defendant from paying Sheridan F. Master the sum of $1,530.58 as attorney fees; also for a temporary restraining order preventing such…
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, C. J.
(after stating the facts). In the opinion filed by the judge of the superior court some doubt is expressed as to the propriety of the plaintiff’s filing this bill. We are of the opinion, however, that plaintiff had a right to initiate this proceeding, under the authority of McManus v. City of Petoskey, 164 Mich. 390 (129 N. W. 681), in which case this subject is fully discussed, and the cases in support of this conclusion cited.
*25We do not think there is any merit to the contention that Mr. Master should not have been allowed to intervene and be heard in this case. The attorneys for the city…
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