Legal Opinion
In Re Widening of Bagley Avenue
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 4, 1929No. Docket No. 125, Calendar No. 34,449PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
This case involves the use by the city of Detroit of the power of eminent domain to condemn lands and buildings for widening Bagley avenue from Cass avenue to Michigan avenue. There was verdict of necessity and an appraisal of the damages to or for each parcel to be taken. Respondents appeal.
Necessity for taking and the ascertainment of the just compensation to be made may be determined and fixed either by a jury of freeholders- of the vicinage or by commissioners. Michigan Constitution, Art. 13, § 2. The city elected to have a jury called. Such, jury impaneled in proceedings of this kind is…
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