People ex rel. Regents of the University v. Brooks

This is a review by certiorari of certain condemnation proceedings had in the circuit court of Washtenaw county. An alumnus of the university of Michigan proposed to the regents that he would contribute a million and a half dollars for the construction of a building to be used for law school purposes, and to be known as “The Lawyers’ Club.” *47The regents accepted the proposal and arranged with the State administrative board for the money with which to purchase a portion of two blocks immediately south of the campus as a site for the building. Eleven property owners refused to sell, and it…