Eyde Construction Co. v. Charter Township of Meridian

Defendants, the Charter Township of Meridian and the Meridian Township Board of Trustees and Planning Commission, appeal from a judgment granting a writ of mandamus to plaintiff, Eyde Construction Company.

Plaintiff had sought a writ of mandamus in Ingham County Circuit Court to compel defendants to remove two disputed conditions from the preliminary plat approval of its subdivision project. The conditions required that plaintiff dedicate recreation land to the township in order to have its project approved. Plaintiff asserted that under the Subdivision Control Act of 1967, MCL 560.101 et…