Legal Opinion
Certain-Teed Products Corp. v. Paris Township
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 1958No. Docket 37, 38, Calendar 46,834, 46,835PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, J.
Seven miles from the heart of Grand Rapids in Paris township a valuable deposit of gypsum rock has been discovered lying 240 feet below the surface. In its processed form gypsum is widely used for plastering the walls of buildings and the making of plasterboard. Prior to this discovery only 2 commercial deposits of gypsum were known to exist in Michigan, one in southern Iosco county, and the other south of Grand Rapids in Walker township.
*437A plaster manufacturing concern, the plaintiff here, discovered the deposit by geological exploration and has purchased options on the subsurface mining…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Georgia v. Tennesssee Copper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Osius v. City of St. Clair ShoresMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
- Town of Burlington v. DunnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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3Cited by43 opinions
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