City of Flint v. Takacs

Holbrook, Jr., J.

Defendants-appellants, claimants of a parcel of realty through a deed granted by the Department of Natural Resources, appeal from an order of the circuit court determining that the other defendants, the record title holders of the same premises, were the true owners.

This appeal arose from proceedings instituted by the City of Flint to acquire the parcel pursuant to the Uniform Condemnation Procedures Act, MCL 213.51 et seq.; MSA 8.265(1) et seq. In an addendum to its complaint, the city listed as "interested parties” the record title holders as well as the grantees of a deed…