Request for Advisory Opinion on the Constitutionality of 1979 PA 57

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[W]hat indeed seems to be unquestionable, that there is in this provision [of the constitution] an implied prohibition against the taking of private property for any purpose other than for public use.”
• “We are not to be understood, however, as denying to the Legislature the power of authorizing an entry upon private property, without compensation, for the purpose of making the preliminary examinations and surveys before the location of the road.”
• “We are not to be understood, however, as denying to the Legislature the power of authorizing an entry upon private property, without compensation, for the purpose of making the preliminary examinations and surveys before the location of the road.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).