Munson v. MacDonald, Highway Commissioner

In July, 1927, the highway commissioner began proceedings to lay out a new highway across the plaintiff’s land, acting under the provisions of §§35 to 37 of Chapter 263 of the Public Acts of 1925 as amended by Chapter 136 of the Public Acts of 1927. These provide that the highway commissioner may take any land “he may find necessary” for the layout, alteration, extension, widening, change of grade or improvement of any trunk line highway; that the owner of the land taken shall be paid by the State for all damages and the State shall receive from him the amount or value of all resulting…