Michigan Central Railway Co. v. Miller

This is the second time this case has been before the court. It will be found reported at 162 Mich. 220 (127 N. W. 320). We there held that the petition was not, upon its face, so defective as to deprive the court of jurisdiction, but dismissed the action because the proofs failed to show that the petitioner had taken the necessary corporate action to determine that the land in question was required for corporate purposes, and also because the evidence wholly failed to prove any attempt to purchase the land described in the petition. It was also intimated that the contemplated improvement…