In Re Petition of Rogers

Several landowners review, by certiorari, proceedings to condemn their lands in the townships of Ecorse and Brownstown, Wayne county, for the purpose of a public highway.

For the sake of brevity we will consider the case of Frederick W. Boelter, who owns a farm of 82 acres in the township of Ecorse, having a frontage of 160 rods on the West road and 84 rods on the Telegraph road, both being paved highways. The proposed road cuts through Mr. Boelter’s farm diagonally, taking 3.938 acres, and leaving 8.44 acres on the west and the rest of the farm on the south of the highway. April 1, 1927, the…