Wheatfield Township v. City of Williamston

Plaintiff Wheatfield Township appeals as of right from the November 29, 1988, order of the Ingham Circuit Court granting summary disposition in favor of defendant City of Williamston, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) and (10), on plaintiff’s verified complaint which sought to prevent defendant’s annexation of a 150-acre parcel of land located between the township and the city (the Hitchcock property). We modify in part the court’s order and affirm.

Plaintiff argues first that the defendant’s annexation did not meet the essential requirements of the home rule cities act because the city did not…