Embrey v. Weissman

Plaintiff, as trustee, brought an action against the County of Oakland, Seymour Weissman and Weissman Contracting Corporation for damage to land held by the trust. A jury returned a verdict of $50,000 against the county and the corporation, and the trial court trebled the award. The corporation appeals.

The assets of the Charles Staff Trust include 20 acres of undeveloped land in Oakland County. In 1967, plaintiff, as trustee, granted the county an easement for a sewer line across the property. Plaintiff and the county agreed upon a slight alteration of the course of the sewer line in 1970.…