Town of Jonesville v. Griffing

bSAUNDERS, Judge.

The Town of Jonesville filed an expropriation proceeding concerning an abandoned railroad right-of-way running adjacent to the community’s industrial park. Defendants-appellants were among those against whom the proceedings were filed. The appellants filed an exception of prematurity alleging that the Town of Jonesville had not entered into bona fide negotiations to purchase the property before instituting suit. The trial court denied these exceptions, prompting this court to reverse the trial lacourt and dismiss the expropriation proceedings. Town of Jonesville v. Griffing,…