Wayne County v. William G & Virginia M Britton Trust

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted the trial court’s order requiring it to honor defendants.’ election to be compensated for movable business property on a value-in-place basis in this condemnation action. We affirm and remand, with instructions.

Defendants own property on which they operated a business and that is required by plaintiff for the expansion of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Before filing its condemnation complaint, plaintiff, pursuant to the Uniform Condemnation Procedures Act (ucpa), MCL 213.51 et seq.; MSA 8.265(1) et seq., submitted to defendants a good-faith…