In re Open & Widen Willis Avenue
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from the Recorder’s Court of Detroit. (Swift, J.) Proceedings to open and widen a street. Respondents Chaffee appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
This is a proceeding taken under the statute providing for opening streets and alleys in the city of Detroit. Loc. Act 281 of 1883, p. 452. Willis avenue crosses W oodward avenue, in said city, nearly at right angles; and between Woodward avenue and the west line of the Brush farm (its eastern terminus when these proceedings were commenced) was but fifty feet wide. This proceeding was taken on the part of the city to increase the width of Willis avenue to one hundred feet by taking a strip fifty feet wide off from the north side of Park Lot 28 for that purpose. The land sought to be taken…
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