Eastwood Park Amusement Co. v. Mayor of East Detroit

Since 1927, Eastwood Park Amusement Company, a Michigan corporation, plaintiff, has operated an amusement park at the corner of Eight Mile Road and Gratiot avenue in what was formerly the village of Halfway, Michigan, later incorporated as the city of Ea,st Detroit, Michigan. At that time the village of Halfway was a sparsely populated district but since has more than tripled in population. Eight Mile Road separates the city of Detroit from the city of East Detroit. The latter has become a city of many homes, some of which are across the road from the park and others in its immediate…