Legal Opinion

Thayer Lumber Co. v. City of Muskegon

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 6, 1909No. Docket No. 82PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Muskegon; Sessions, J. Bill by the Thayer Lumber Company and the Wood Beal Estate Company against the city of Muskegon, the common council of said city, and the board of assessors of Special Sewer District No. 7, to set aside proceedings for the construction of certain sewers. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.

This case is a sequel to the case of Thayer Lumber Co. v. City of Muskegon, 152 Mich. 59 (115 N. W. 957). In 1906 the council of the city of Muskegon decided to build an extensive system of sewers in what was afterwards denominated “ Special Sewer District No. 7.” This district comprises a large and thickly populated area of the city. The council adopted plans, plats, specifications, and estimates for a system in this district, and passed resolutions designed to describe them and to form the sewer district, and to let the contract for the construction of the sewer, and the work was partially…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Brevoort v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Schintgen v. City of La CrosseWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Corliss v. Village of Highland ParkMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Thayer Lumber Co. v. City of MuskegonMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Townsend v. City of ManisteeMichigan Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Oklahoma Light & Power Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  2. Wagoner v. City of La GrandeOregon Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Kvello v. City of LisbonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Olson v. City of WatertownSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Gray v. DingmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1937

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