Legal Opinion

Villadsen v. Mason County Road Commission

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided December 27, 2005No. Docket 255955PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Per curiam

Plaintiffs appeal as of right an order in which the trial court held that a particular section of Darr Road that is located in Sherman Township in Mason County and that abuts plaintiffs’ property is a highway by user under MCL 221.20. We affirm.

At issue in this case is ownership of a one-mile section of Darr Road. Darr Road is a north-south road that the trial court characterized as “an established but intermittent section line road [that extends] for 19 or 20” miles. The disputed portion of the road lies between Fountain Road and Mavis Road, which are both east-west roads, and it begins…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mitcham v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Ambs v. Kalamazoo County Road CommissionMichigan Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. Alton v. MeeuwenbergMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Sparling Plastic Industries, Inc. v. SparlingMichigan Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Neal v. GilmoreMichigan Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by8 opinions

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