Legal Opinion

Owen v. Moreland

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 23, 1903No. Calendar No. 19,710PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Certiorari to Wayne; Donovan, J. Mandamus by La Fayette Owen and others to compel De Witt H. Moreland, commissioner of public works of the city of Detroit, to approve a plat of certain lands. From an order denying the writ, relators bring certiorari.

1Per curiam

Relators, owning property on both sides of Kercheval avenue in the'city of Detroit, between Yan Dyke and Maxwell avenues, asked respondent to approve their plat of the same. According to the plan of the city, Parker avenue, when opened, will pass through relators’ subdivision, and a strip of land owned by relators, lying immediately east of the proposed plat, is within the limits of another unopened street. Relators did not dedicate to the public, nor did they plat, the land lying within the limits of these proposed streets. Said land is marked on their plat, “Notincluded in plat.” Respondent…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Van Husan v. HeamesMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Serviss v. Board of Public WorksMichigan Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Campau v. Board of Wayne County AuditorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1917
  2. People ex rel. Tilden v. MassieonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915

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