Township of Grosse Ile v. Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co.

Defendant is the riparian owner of Stony Island which is located in the Detroit River east of Grosse lie. In 1925 the war department, upon application by defendant, issued a permit through the district engineer of the United States Army, corps of engineers, allowing defendant to conduct filling operations within a designated area around Stony Island. The plans attached to the permit indicated that the proposed fill was to consist of almost 2 million cubic yards of rock, mud and clay. The filling operations were commenced by defendant in 1925.

The permit was valid for 3 years and was renewed by…