Rood v. City of Detroit

Certified questions under Michigan Court Rule No. ,78.

Plaintiff filed bill to enjoin levying and collecting taxes assessed against his lands for a local improvement, planting trees in the street, and to enjoin the planting of trees. The bill also brings in a separate matter in which plaintiff alleges that the defendant city is “maintaining a public commercial nursery business,” which also he seeks to enjoin.

The record shows the trees planted, the improvement made. This past event cannot be prevented by injunction. And, in this regard, upon the proofs, plaintiff is entitled to no relief under…