Bridgeport Charter Township v. Saginaw County Drain Commissioner

On July 23, 1979, plaintiffs, Bridgeport Charter Township, Robert Davis, and others, filed a complaint in the Saginaw County Circuit Court seeking to enjoin the Saginaw County Drain Commissioner, James Koski, from proceeding with a construction project on the Bridgeport drain. From the trial court’s opinion and order which enjoined the proposed construction project, defendant appeals as of right.

At trial, the Deputy County Drain Commissioner, Beverly Shaw, testified that she received a petition for the subject drain construction signed by five freeholders of property. On June 18, 1978, a…