Rapids v. Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R.
Michigan Supreme Court
Apjoeal from the Superior Court of Grand Rapids. (Parrish, J.) Proceedings to open a street. The Grand Rapids & Indiana E. R. Co. appeals. Negotiations with property owners before taking proceedings to -condemn their land are jurisdictional: O. <& M. L. 8. R. R. Co. v. Sanford 23 Mich. 41S ; M. C. db L. M. R. R. v. Clark 23 Mich. 519; Arnold v. Decatur 29 Mich.
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Apjoeal from the Superior Court of Grand Rapids. (Parrish, J.) Proceedings to open a street. The Grand Rapids & Indiana E. R. Co. appeals. Negotiations with property owners before taking proceedings to -condemn their land are jurisdictional: O. <& M. L. 8. R. R. Co. v. Sanford 23 Mich. 41S ; M. C. db L. M. R. R. v. Clark 23 Mich. 519; Arnold v. Decatur 29 Mich. II; Horseman v. Ionia 32 Mich. 283 ; Whisler v. Drain Com'r 40 Mich. •59Í f\Baue v. Saginaw 53 Mich. 442 ; the oath administered to jurors in a street opening case must be co-extensive with •their constitutional duty: Powers' Appeal 29…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The appeal in this case is brought to review certain proceedings had under the general law and not under the charter of Grand Kapids, to open a street in extension of its original bounds. The law in question is one passed in 1883, to provide uniform methods for the appropriation of propertyin cities and villages, which was approved May 31, 18S3, and is printed in 1 Iiow. Stat. on pp. 1295-1300.
On the 22d of September, 1884, the common council of Grand Kapids adopted resolutions declaring the necessity of opening First street, and widening and extending it of a uniform width of sixty-six feet…
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