George v. Harrison Township

Plaintiffs are the owners of a 13-acre tract of land zoned for single-family dwellings which is located in the Township of Harrison. Plaintiffs petitioned the township, hereinafter defendant, to rezone this parcel of land to a multiple-residential district. At the completion of its zoning procedures, defendant denied this petition. Plaintiffs instituted suit in the Macomb County Circuit Court challenging the constitutionality of the township ordinance as applied to their property. The trial judge rendered a verdict for defendant from which plaintiffs appeal.

The property at issue is an…