Johnson v. City of Escanaba

This suit was instituted by various taxpayers in the city of Escanaba to set aside a certain paving tax assessed against them for the improvement of Langley street in that city. None of the property of complainants fronts upon, or is adjacent to, Langley street, but all of their lots front upon streets intersecting that street at right angles. Langley street runs east and west, and the special assessment district determined upon by the council comprised one-half block north and one-half block south of said street between the east line of Stephenson avenue and the west line of Charlotte…