Valuing Property Before the Taking - Michigan Law's Definition of Parcel Allows Consideration of Property Beyond that Which is Directly Taken for Purposes of Determining Just Compensation

Written By Guinevere Anderson

The parking lot of a church in Detroit was not acquired to be part of the Comerica Park footprint because the definition of parcel would have required payment of significant damages to the remainder attributable to the church building itself.

Guinevere Anderson
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