Glass v. State Highway Commissioner

Two presently effective and unamended sections of the Constitution of 1908, and 2 sections of PA 1925, No 352, as amended, are brought to scrutiny upon invocation of the constitutionally guaranteed right of due process. Copied below, the 4 will introduce the ensuing opinion.

“Sec. 1. Private property shall not be taken by the public nor by any corporation for public use, without the necessity therefor being first determined and just compensation therefor being first made or secured in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.” Const 1908, art 13, § 1.

“Sec. 2. When private property is taken…