Board of Road Commissioners v. Pittmans & Dean Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Oakland probate court; Rockwell, J. Condemnation proceedings by the board of road commissioners of Oakland county against Pittmans & Dean Company for a strip of land for road purposes. From an order confirming the award of the commissioners, defendant brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
In April, 1916, the county of Oakland voted to raise a million dollars for the construction of certain highways. Among those to be constructed was its portion of what is known as the “Saginaw Turnpike” extending from Detroit to the city of Saginaw, provision having been made therefor by Act No. 334, Pub. Acts 1913 (1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 4851 et seq.). That portion of the road lying between Parshalls crossing and Drayton Plains, a distance of about three-quarters of a mile, is not yet constructed. This strip extends along the right of way of the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway and…
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