Legal Opinion
Oakland County Taxpayers' League v. Oakland County Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1959No. Docket 70, Calendar 47,561PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
The Oakland county board of supervisors decided on a site and commenced plans for the construction of a new and adequate courthouse. No one challenges the fact that a new courthouse was necessary.
Plaintiff, a voluntary, nonpartisan association of taxpayers and electors of Oakland county, filed its bill of complaint asking the court to decree:
“A. That no authority is conferred by law upon defendant board of supervisors to designate a new site for a courthouse in Oakland county. * * *
“B. That defendant board of supervisors has no lawful authority to designate a site for a new courthouse partly…
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