Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad v. Norton
Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad v. Norton
Opinion of the Court
No question is made in this case as to the sufficiency of the petition, notice, etc.; but it is claimed that the commissioner, in proceedings to establish and lay out a highway over the right of way and track of the plaintiff in error, arbitrarily disregarded the rights of the railroad company in his assessment of damages, and failed and neglected to award it just compensation for its damages by rea- . son of the laying out of the proposed highway.
The writ of certiorari was improvidently granted, and ■must be dismissed, with costs. The statute
How Stat. § 1303.
See Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry. Co. v. Hough, 61 Mich. 507.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company v. Homer Norton, Commissioner of Highways
- Status
- Published