City of Detroit v. King

In these consolidated appeals as of right, plaintiff City of Detroit appeals the trial *171court’s order to pay $142,350 as just compensation for defendant’s property, and defendant appeals the denial of her motion for expert witness fees. We affirm.

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This is a condemnation case. Defendant owned property at 306 Garfield and had, since 1976, operated a 2 Vi story, thirteen-bedroom, twenty-bed, adult foster care facility on it. On December 21, 1988, a fire caused by careless smoking by a resident destroyed the building. By the time the city filed its condemnation suit on July 31, 1990, the property,…