In Re Nordwood Estates Subdivision

This is an appeal in the nature of certiorari to review an order of the probate court for the county of Oakland, entered February 8, 1938, confirming an award by appraisers of damages for violation of reciprocal negative easements in relocating railroad tracks. Widening’ of Woodward avenue in the township of Royal Oak, Oakland county, required removal and relocation of the four-track system of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, and the State highway commissioner, under statutory power, 1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 3884 et seq., as amended by Act No. 216, Pub. Acts 1931 (Stat. Ann. §§…