Missaukee County Board of Commissioners v. Nyland

In 1942, acting pursuant to a petition filed by the Missaukee County Board of Supervisors, the Circuit Court for the County of Missaukee entered an order under 1939 PA 194 establishing normal height and water level of Lake Missaukee at 1238 feet above sea level. It appears that after 1942 the lake level was allowed to fluctuate. In 1968 the level of the lake rose to a point where the sewer systems of residents on the lake were flooded. In 1970 litigation was commenced to force the county to lower the lake level from 1240 feet to 1238 feet. The county was ordered to do so and did not appeal…