151 Mich. 502 | Mich. | 1908
Complainants and defendants own all the property in block 29, James Campau subdivision, city of Detroit. This block is bounded on the north by Scott street, on the east by Chene street, on the south by Pierce street, and on the west by Dubois street. According to the original plat there was an alley in said block running north and south parallel to Chene street and 100 feet west therefrom, and another alley of the same width in the center of the block running from said north and south alley westerly to Dubois street. Defendants own all the property fronting on Chene street and also a lot across the alley therefrom situated on Pierce street. The society
The charter of the city of Detroit provides:
“ The common council * * * shall have power to establish, open, widen, extend, straighten, alter, vacate, and abolish highways, streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, and public grounds or spaces within said city.” Detroit Charter (1904), § 169.
Under this provision the authority of the common council is not absolute. This is shown by our decision in Horton v. Williams, 99 Mich. 423, a case upon which complainants rely. That case is, however, clearly distinguishable from the one at bar. There by closing a part of an alley, the remainder was converted into a cul-de-sac and complainants practically deprived of ingress and egress to the rear of their several lots. No such result is effected by the contemplated change in the case at bar. As a means of ingress and egress the alley as changed will furnish the same service as heretofore. The grievance of complainants is purely fanciful, and not one to be redressed by injunction.
The decree is affirmed.