Detroit Trust Co. v. State Highway Commissioner

The Detroit Trust Company, petitioner, seeks a writ of mandamus to enforce payment of an award granted by the commissioners in a highway proceeding to widen Woodward avenue and relocate the Grand Trunk Western Bailroad tracks in Oakland county. The report of the commissioners was filed with the probate court for Oakland County on May 19, 1932. Among other awards, an award of $7,950 was made to the Detroit Trust Company as owner of lots 88 and 91 of the Bloomfield Estates subdivision. The highway commissioner and railroad filed objections to the confirmation of the awards, and specifically to…