Legal Opinion
Ackerman v. Spring Lake Township
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided July 25, 1968No. Docket 3,155PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. H. Gillis, J.
This case is a companion to Vander Meer v. Ottawa County (1968), 12 Mich App 494, ante, and the references to the factual geographic setting may be found in that case.
The area and roadways in question were platted in 1914. Lake Beach drive is indicated as a roadway running in an east-west direction along Spring Lake separated from the water only by a number of small boat lots. Ottawa and Blandford avenues are platted roadways running in a north-south direction intersecting Lake Beach drive at their northern ends and Margaret avenue to the south. Ottawa and Blandford avenues are both one block…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- County of Wayne v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
- WEST MICHIGAN PARK ASSN. v. Department of ConservationMichigan Court of Appeals · 1966
- In Re Vacation of Cara AvenueMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
- Hooker v. City of Grosse PointeMichigan Supreme Court · 1950
- Shewchuck v. City of CheboyganMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
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