Zabel v. Harshman
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Monroe. (Kinne, J.) Bill filed to restrain the construction of a drain. Complainants appeal from decree dismissing bill. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
This case was before us upon demurrer to the bill of complaint at the January term, 1888 (ante 270), when the demurrer was overruled, and the cause remanded for proofs.
The bill of complaint states, and the proofs show, that in 1868 the county drain commissioners of Monroe county laid out a drain in the town of Summerfield, in said county, some four or five miles in length, passing through lands owned by complainants, for which they were assessed, and that the drain so established was constructed and has been in use as a public drain since 1870 or 1871, and known and called the “Stacy Drain;”…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tomlin v. NewcombMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
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