Heath Township v. Sall

442 Mich. 434 (1993)

502 N.W.2d 627

HEATH TOWNSHIP

v.

SALL

Docket No. 92479, (Calendar No. 3).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued January 12, 1993.

Decided June 22, 1993.

Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe & Thomsen, P.C. (by John K. Lohrstorfer), for the plaintiff.

John A. Watts for the defendants.

MALLETT, J.

We granted leave to determine whether defendants established a prior nonconforming use of their property as a mobile home park before passage of a referendum rejecting defendants' rezoning proposal. The Court of Appeals answered affirmatively. We hold that defendants failed to prove the requisite tangible…