City of Owosso v. Richfield
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Shiawassee. (Newton, J.) The respondent Richfield appealed from proceedings taken to lay out and establish a street in the city of Owosso, and brings certiorari to review such proceedings, which were affirmed on such appeal in the circuit court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
This is a certiorari to the circuit court for the county of Shiawassee, to determine the validity of certain proceedings taken before a justice of the peace, for the purpose of establishing and opening a street, and condemning the lands of defendant and others for the use thereof.
The common council passed a resolution declaring that they deemed the establishing and opening of the street a necessary public improvement, describing the proposed street by metes and bounds, and fixing the time when the council would apply to Newton Baldwin, one of the justices of the peace,—
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