Marqua v. City of Detroit

Plaintiffs owned premises in the city of Detroit, abutting a 20-foot alley, which alley was dedicated, by recorded plat, to public use. In 1921 the city opened a street, taking the public alley as part thereof, and obtained additional land by condemnation, then paved the center of the street to a width of 30 feet, left a grass plot between the curb and sidewalk and installed a sidewalk opposite plaintiffs’ premises and alley, less than two feet from their lot line, and assessed plaintiffs for the opening, grading, paving and sidewalk.

Plaintiffs filed the bill herein in November, 1930, to have…