Midland Township v. State Boundary Commission

The State Boundary Commission was created to consider petitions for the incorporation and consolidation of cities and villages. Its powers were subsequently enlarged to include petitions for annexation of territory to a city.

In these actions, consolidated on appeal, town-, ships from which the commission ordered territory detached and annexed to adjoining cities and persons residing in those townships challenge the constitutionality of the enabling legislation.

Court of Appeals panels, affirming judgments of the circuit courts, held the enabling legislation to be violative of the Title-Object…