Sec. 536. Neither the final order of determination nor the final order of apportionment shall be subject to attack in any court except by proceedings in certiorari brought within 20 days after the filing of such order in the office of the secretary of the board issuing the same. If no such proceeding shall be brought within the time above prescribed, the drain shall be deemed to have been legally established and the legality of the drain and the assessments therefor shall not thereafter be questioned in any suit at law or in equity.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.536
Certiorari; time; legal establishment of drain
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 105 Mich. App. 370 - Eyde v. Lansing Township (1981)
Most recently applied in 181 Mich. App. 481 - Charter v. Eaton County Drain Commissioner (December 1989)
1956, Act 40, Imd
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