Legal Opinion
Tripp v. Pontiac & Lapeer Plank Road Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 5, 1887PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Oakland. (Stickney, J.) Bill filed to declare default of plank-road company, under Act No. 232, Laws of 1875. Defendant appeals from decree overruling demurrer for want of legal authority to file bill. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
Complainant filed a bill in Oakland county to forfeit the chartered privileges of defendant, basing it upon statute 232 of 1875, entitled—
*2“An act to amend sections two, three, and four of ‘An act relative to plank-road companies,’ approved February 12, 1855, being sections 2614, 2615, and 2616 of the Compiled Laws of 1871.”
The causes of forfeiture are those mentioned in the act of 1875, differing essentially from previous statutes, and the bill is rested on section 2 of this act, which allows this new remedy to enforce the forfeiture. .
Defendant demurs, on the ground that there is no legal…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Detroit v. Detroit & Howell Plank Road Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1880
- Flint & Fentonville Plank-road Co. v. WoodhullMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- Cady v. Centreville Knit Goods Mfg. Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1882
3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. Grand Rapids & Walker Plank Road Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1887