Hobart v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal iu Chancery from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this case was filed against the City of Detroit, E. N. Lacroix, its special collector, and Smith, Cook & Co., a firm of paving contractors, to enjoin the collection of a paving tax upon the premises of complainant, situate on Woodbridge street, in the City of Detroit, assessed in 18G7, to defray the cost of paving in front of said lot with the “Nicholson Pavement,” so called. ■ Tbe bill charges that the “Nicholson Pavement”…
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Appeal iu Chancery from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this case was filed against the City of Detroit, E. N. Lacroix, its special collector, and Smith, Cook & Co., a firm of paving contractors, to enjoin the collection of a paving tax upon the premises of complainant, situate on Woodbridge street, in the City of Detroit, assessed in 18G7, to defray the cost of paving in front of said lot with the “Nicholson Pavement,” so called. ■ Tbe bill charges that the “Nicholson Pavement” is a patented method of paving, and that Smith, Cook & Co. are the exclusive owners of the patent right for the city of…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley Ch. J.
The complainant seeks to enjoin the collection of a tax levied upon a lot owned by him for the purpose of paying the expense of paving in front of it with the Nicholson *252pavement; alleging, as ground of injunction, that the contract for such pavement was illegal, and therefore invalid.
The question of validity arises upon the folloAving facts: The City Charter, chap. 8, %1%, provides as folloAVs: “No contract for the purchase of any real estate, or for the construction of any public building, seAver, paving, graveling, planking, Macadamizing, or for the construction ' of any public…
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