Township of Crystal Lake v. Henning

Defendant was arrested on a warrant for violation of plaintiff township’s zoning ordinance restricting land use in that he had placed a mobile home on his land, contrary to the ordinance. The case was initially heard before a justice of the peace and defendant was found guilty and ordered to remove the mobile home within seven days, or to serve ten days in jail in lieu of which he might pay a $50 fine. Defendant appealed to the Benzie county circuit court where the case was tried de novo on the merits. The circuit court concurred in the decision of the justice court, placing defendant on…