Legal Opinion
Commission of Conservation of Department of Conservation v. Hane
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1929No. Docket No. 161, Calendar No. 34,691PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.
The State of Michigan has a public park of 100 acres in Cambridge township, Lenawee county, and, by this proceeding, under the power of eminent domain and through plaintiff body, a State agency, seeks to condemn about 86 acres of defendants’ land to enlarge the park and increase its attractiveness. The issues were tried to a jury in the Lenawee circuit and defendants were awarded the sum of $35,000 for the property taken. Defendants prosecute review in this court. Defendants claim that no showing was made o'f an effort to obtain their land by purchase. 1- Comp. Laws 1915, § 355, formerly…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re the Petition of ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Rapids v. Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R.Michigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Kansas City, Olathe, Lawrence & Topeka Railway Co. v. WeidenmannSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
- Hubbell v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
- City of Detroit v. BeecherMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul Sanitary District v. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
- In Re Jeffries Homes Housing ProjectMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
- Department of Conservation v. ConnorMichigan Supreme Court · 1947
- City of Detroit v. Judge of Recorder's CourtMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- City of Detroit v. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1953
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