Legal Opinion
Village of Clawson v. Van Wagoner
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 2, 1934No. Docket No. 168, Calendar No. 37,614PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFead, J.
Plaintiff filed bill and had decree restraining enforcement of an assessment against it for drain taxes.
Petition for the drain was filed in 1925. At that time a village could not be assessed as a unit for drain benefits.
Plaintiff village commissioners and officers individually signed petitions for laying out the district and locating the drain at bar; by resolutions in January and June, 1927, the village commission formally urged construction of the drain; on July 8th the village released right of way in a street for it. By Act No. 331, Pub. Acts 1927 (see 1 Comp. Laws 1929, §4862 et seq.),…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Township of Lake v. MillarMichigan Supreme Court · 1932
- Clinton v. SpencerMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- Moore v. McIntyreMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
- Township of Clarence v. DickinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
- Hall v. SlaybaughMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Keefe v. Oakland County Drain CommissionerMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
- Royal Oak Drain Dist., Oakland County, Mich. v. KeefeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1937
- City of Highland Park v. Oakland County Drain CommissionerMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
- Meyering Land Co. v. SpencerMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
- Muskegon Township v. Muskegon County Drain CommissionerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977