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TOWNSHIP OF OWOSSO v. CITY OF OWOSSO

No. 5 June Term 1971, Docket No. 52,999.

385 Mich. 587 (1971)

189 N.W.2d 421

TOWNSHIP OF OWOSSO v. CITY OF OWOSSO

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. McClear and Bauckham, Reed & Lang, for plaintiffs.

Louis C. Andrews, Jr., and Louis D. Benson (Mann, Lipnick & Darrow, of counsel), for defendants.

WILLIAMS, J.

This case involves construction of the judicial requirement of "contiguity" in municipal annexation under legislation now superseded.

On April 5, 1968, a petition for the annexation of lands lying in the Township of Owosso to the City of Owosso was filed with the Shiawassee County Clerk. The shape of the parcel to be annexed is highly irregular with a total of 40 sides. The bulk of the parcel consists of approximately 240 acres and is connected...

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