Randall v. Meridian Township Board

Plaintiffs, lot owners, sought to enjoin defendant from amending the township zoning ordinance to change property adjacent to theirs from agricultural to a commercial classification. The ground urged was insufficiency of the notice of public hearing on the proposed amendment before the township zoning board, required to be published under CL 1948, § 125.279 (Stat Ann 1949 Rev § 5.2963 [9]). The trial court entered a decree dismissing plaintiffs’ bill of complaint for failure to exhaust their legal remedies by way of appearance and protest of the amendment before the township board and…