State Highway Commission v. Biltmore Investment Co.

Where condemnation proceedings were commenced in 1977 under the predecessor statute, 1966 PA 295; MCL 213.361 et seq.; MSA 8.261(1) et seq., which limited attorney fees to $100, but were concluded and judgment entered in 1984 under the successor statute, 1980 PA 87, the Uniform Condemnation Procedures Act, MCL 213.51 et seq.; MSA 8.265(1) et seq., under which attorney fees up to $34,000 would be allowable, which statute applies to the instant suit? On January 15, 1985, the Macomb Circuit Court issued an opinion and order awarding attorney fees under the predecessor statute. Defendant property…