Theatre Control Corp. v. City of Detroit

This case, like Palmer Park Theatre Co. v. City of Highland Park, 362 Mich 326, decided by us after entry of the decree here appealed, presents for decision the validity of a municipality’s imposition of an annual charge upon users of air-conditioning equipment which does not recirculate water, in addition to the charge made for water actually used. In the Palmer Park Theatre Case a city ordinance required annual purchase of a license at the cost of $20 per ton of capacity for each unit exceeding 5 tons. In the case at bar, the Detroit board of water commissioners on May 7, 1956, imposed an…