Smith v. City of Ann Arbor

Plaintiffs, owning property or residing in Ann Arbor township adjacent to the city of Ann Arbor, filed this bill in chancery to permanently enjoin the city of Ann Arbor from using certain property in the township as a city dump. The circuit judge granted the relief prayed for. From the record, we find the facts as follows:

The city of Ann Arbor has a population of approximately 30,000 augmented by about 12,000 students attending the university of Michigan. The city has about 7,000 dwellings. It has no incinerator and accordingly is compelled to use a dump for the disposal of wastepaper,…