Township of Royal Oak v. City of Ferndale

Plaintiff township of Boyal Oak (hereinafter referred to as the township) and defendant city of Ferndale (hereinafter referred to as the city) are located in Oakland county. The defendant is a home rule city which adopted its charter in April, 1927. By elections held in February and June, 1928, the city annexed territory adjacent to its easterly boundary which prior to annexation was a part of plaintiff township. This annexed territory extends about two miles north and south, and in the southerly half its width east and west is three blocks of platted territory theretofore laid out in the…