MARTIN v. BELDEAN

Docket No. 120932, Calendar No. 6.

677 N.W.2d 312 (2004)

469 Mich. 541

Robert MARTIN and Cathy Martin, Plaintiffs-Appellee, v. David A. BELDEAN, Lisa A. Beldean, Carol Ann Roota, James R. Steffan, Kathryn E. Steffan, Lois Hall also known as Lois A. Hall, Don M. Proctor, Trustee, Robert P. Craft, Linda M. Craft, David A. Kamulski, Donald E. Nelson, Shirley M. Nelson, Peter R. Cavan, Kathy A. Degasperis, William E. Stanisci, Teresa M. Stanisci, Milton R. Brittain, Kathleen M. Brittain, Jeffrey M. Woollard, Lynne M. Woollard, Terry M. Weir, Christine M. Weir, Rodger D. Hall, Ersa M. Hall, Rodger O. Platz, Sandra Platz, John E. Kargetta, Janet B. Kargetta, Edna Smith, Barton J. Hodge, and Suzan K. Hodge, Defendants, and John R. Redmond, Barbara E. Redmond, Edward Davies, Karen A. Davies, Samuel D. Brandt, and Lois A. Brandt, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 31, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Ernest R. Bazzana), Detroit, for the plaintiffs.

UAW-GM Legal Services Plan (by Christine A. Waid and Deborah Brouwer), Pontiac, for the defendants.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, A. Michael Leffler, Assistant in Charge, and James E. Riley, Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, for amicus curiae the Department of Consumer and Industry Services.


Opinion

TAYLOR, J.

We granted leave to appeal in this case to consider the Court of Appeals holding that a private dedication of an outlot1 in a subdivision plat2 recorded in November 1969 is not recognized by Michigan law. We hold that private dedications in plats filed after the effective date of MCL 560.253(1), January 1, 1968, are expressly recognized...

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