Legal Opinion
Johnstone v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 1928No. Docket Nos. 142, 143, Calendar Nos. 34,021, 34,028PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFead, C. J.
This is appeal from a decree enjoining defendants from constructing a railroad grade on certain premises without first purchasing plaintiffs’ interests therein or acquiring them in accordance. with the statutes governing exercise of the right of eminent domain. It involves a phase of the Woodward avenue condemnation proceedings, other aspects of which are reported in Fitzsimons & Galvin v. Rogers, 243 Mich. 649, in which several of the questions here raised were determined.
Under Act No. 340, Pub. Acts 1927, the State has contracted to acquire a new right of way for the Detroit, Grand Haven &…
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