Commissioners of Parks & Boulevards v. Moesta
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from recorder's court of Detroit. (Chambers, J.) Respondents appeal from the determination of a jury in condemnation proceedings. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an appeal from the determination of a jury finding a necessity for taking certain land of the appellants for the purpose of widening a. boulevard in the city of Detroit, and fixing the compensation therefor. Three questions are presented:
First. Whether the provisions of Act No. 388, Local *151Acts of 1889, relating to the method of ascertaining the necessity to take lands for this purpose, are constitutional.
Second. Whether the instructions in the case properly left to the jury the question of necessity for taking the land for the improvement.
Third. Whether the trial judge gave the jury…
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