Appeal of Convers in re the Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent Circuit. This is an appeal by James W. Converse, from proceedings on the part of the Grand Rapids and Indiana R. R. Go. to condemn certain lands of his for the use of said road. The material facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The drawing of the jury was by the clerk, in the usual form, in presence of a justice of the peace and the sheriff. It is not required to be in presence of the court.— 1 Comp.
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Appeal from Kent Circuit. This is an appeal by James W. Converse, from proceedings on the part of the Grand Rapids and Indiana R. R. Go. to condemn certain lands of his for the use of said road. The material facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The drawing of the jury was by the clerk, in the usual form, in presence of a justice of the peace and the sheriff. It is not required to be in presence of the court.— 1 Comp. Laws, 6J¡.1. 2. It is objected that the jury were not all from the city of Grand Rapids or towns in the neighborhood. But the jury must be drawn from the jury-box; and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
The appellant is owner of certain lands in and near Grand Eapids, and appeals from proceedings to condemn certain portions of them for the use of the Grand Eapids and Indiana Eailroad. Several objections are made to the regularity of the proceedings, whicli will be noticed, so far as may be necessary.
The first and preliminary objection rests on the alleged failure of the petitioners to file in the county registry, the map and survey required by law to be left there before any proceedings can bo had to take lands.
*466Section 19 of tbe general railroad law, as amended in 1859, (L. 1859,…
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