Elieff v. Marquardt

Plaintiff, a resident of the Charter Township of Delta, brought a suit in Eaton County Circuit Court to set aside certain easement agreements entered into between defendant township and defendants Marquardt and Gettysburg Estates Development Co„ Inc. (Gettysburg). From the court’s judgment that the agreements were null and void, defendants Marquardt and Gettysburg appeal.

The facts leading to this litigation are not in dispute. In late 1965 and early 1966, the township was granted sewer system easements by Marquardt and Gettysburg in return for the township’s promise to allow unlimited sewer…