Commissioners of Parks & Boulevards v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from recorder’s court of Detroit. (Chambers, J.) Proceedings to condemn a right of way for boulevard purposes across the property of respondents. Respondents appeal. The facts are stated in the opinions,
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, J.
These are proceedings for the opening of the boulevard in the city of Detroit, over respondents’ rights of way, under Act No. 388, Local Acts of 1889. Precisely the same questions are raised as were passed upon in Commissioners, etc., v. Michigan Cent. R. R. Co. et al., 90 Mich. 385, except that here it is insisted that the opening is across lands which are used by the railroad companies for yard purposes. It clearly appears from the record that all of the tracks in use by respondents within the lines of the proposed boulevard, and for some distance both north and south, are within the…
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