Ottawa County Commissioners v. Mitchell

This case is before the court on appeal from the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, which granted plaintiff-appellee’s motion for specific performance of a purported settlement agreement.

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This is an appropriation case involving the property of Tom L. Mitchell, defendant-appellant herein (hereinafter “appellant”). Plaintiff-appellee is the Board of Commissioners of Ottawa County (hereinafter the “commissioners” or the “county”).

On September 29,1981, the commissioners instituted an appropriation action in the trial court for the ultimate purpose of installing a public sewer line across…