Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad v. Probate Judge

The Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway Company, in the year 1885, took measures to condemn a crossing through relator’s way, which were conducted in the probate court of Livingston county, resulting in a verdict of nominal damages. These proceedings were removed to this Court, and quashed for various defects and errors, including jurisdictional insufficiency.1 *3Pending that appeal, and without the action of the proper State board to determine the manner and conditions of the crossing, the company seeking to get the condemnation took forcible possession and completed a crossing, and…