Abbey Homes of Michigan, Inc. v. Wilcox

Defendants appeal from a March 28, 1978, order of the Oakland County Circuit Court which allowed alteration of Old Orchard Trail in Orchard Lake Village, Oakland County. Defendants claim that the circuit judge misconstrued and misapplied MCL 247.41 et seq.; MSA 9.51 et seq. We disagree and affirm.

According to its title, the act under consideration exists "to prevent the abandonment, discontinuance or alteration of the course of any public highway which borders upon, or is adjacent to any lake.” It provides in relevant part as follows:

"No public highway which borders upon, or is adjacent to…