Eilender v. City of Pontiac

371 Mich. 671 (1963)

124 N.W.2d 806

EILENDER

v.

CITY OF PONTIAC.

Calendar No. 39, Docket No. 49,684.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 2, 1963.

Milton F. Cooney, for plaintiffs.

William A. Ewart, City Attorney, for defendant.

KELLY, J.

Plaintiffs owned a triangular piece of property, approximately 14 acres, within the city of Pontiac, with a frontage of 1,334.26 feet on a 20-foot, 2-lane highway, known as M-24 and/or Perry street.

In 1958 the State constructed this 20-foot, 2-lane highway, into a double, 4-lane, divided highway, leaving plaintiffs with 1,190 feet of frontage, and the city of…