JACKSON CTY. DRAIN COMM'R v. VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE

Docket No. 258008.

717 N.W.2d 391 (2006)

270 Mich. App. 273

JACKSON County DRAIN COMMISSIONER, Henrietta Township, Tompkins Township, Leoni Township, Rives Township, Waterloo Township, Jerry Runciman, Glenna Runciman, Gary Baldwin, Linda Baldwin, Judy Faye, Thomas Back, Elma Back, Shawn Fitzpatrick, Terry Fitzpatrick, Robert Hannewald, Lewis Wild, Margaret Wild, Marvin Everly, Norma Everly, Richards Eaden, Leean Burmingham, Dean Katz, Marilyn Katz, Jamie Batdorff, Cheryl Batdorff, and Gerald Kot, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE, Grand River Intercounty Drainage Board, Ingham County Drain Commissioner, and Jacobs Lake Drain District, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided January 19, 2006.

Approved for publication March 16, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication May 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC (by Douglas A. Donnell and Ronald M. Redick), Grand Rapids, for the Jackson County Drain Commissioner and others.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. (by Stephen O. Schultz and Kirsten M. McNelly), Lansing, for the village of Stockbridge.

Hubbard, Fox, Thomas, White & Bengston, P.C. (by Geoffrey H. Seidlein and Stacy L. Hissong), Lansing, for the Grand River Intercounty Drainage Board, the Ingham County Drain Commissioner, and the Jacobs Lake Drain District.

Before: OWENS, P.J., and SAAD and FORT HOOD, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right an order granting summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) to defendants. This case arose when the village of Stockbridge contracted with the Ingham County Drain Commissioner to discharge its excess wastewater into the Jacobs Lake Drain, which flows through the Wild River and Portage River drains and ultimately the Grand River Drain. We affirm.

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