Bartnicki v. Wayne County Drain Commissioner

The two cases herein discussed concern the same facts, allegations, and defendants. The plaintiffs are two groups of people who unsuccessfully filed class actions in the lower court. Our decision disposes of "both their appeals.

The lower court actions stemmed from drainage improvements petitioned for in 1957 and completed in late 1961. The sale of bonds to finance the’ drainage work was delayed by a lawsuit filed in 1960, in which some of the plaintiffs participated. See Landowners of Sexton-Kilfoil Drainage District v. Wayne County Drain Commissioner (1962), 367 Mich 150. After the Supreme…