People v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad

On July 21,1964, in the justice court for the city of Ionia, defendant railroad was charged with unlawfully erecting two “right of way” signs on public highway property at the intersection of its main line track with Plain street in the village of Muir, Ionia county, Michigan, and convicted on July 29, 1964, by said court without a jury; a jury trial having been waived. Defendant appealed to the circuit court and after trial de novo before the Honorable Leo B. Bebeau, circuit judge, a jury trial having been waived, by opinion dated September 17, 1964, defendant was found guilty and sentenced…