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IN RE ACQUISITION OF LANDS

Docket No. 76315.

137 Mich. App. 161 (1984)

357 N.W.2d 843

In re ACQUISITION OF LANDS DETROIT EDISON COMPANY v. ARMADA TOWNSHIP

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Beagen, and Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by William G. Christopher), for plaintiff.

Guastello & Dloski, P.C. (by Lawrence W. Dloski), for Armada Township.

H.C. Rosely, for the individual defendants.

Amicus Curiae:

Bauckham, Reed, Lang, Schaefer & Travis, P.C. (by Robert F. Travis), for Michigan Townships Association.

Before: ALLEN, P.J., and WAHLS and M. WARSHAWSKY, JJ.

ALLEN, P.J.

In this appeal involving the acquisition of land for the purpose of constructing a 22-mile-long high energy transmission line, we are asked to decide a question of first impression: Does § 2 of the Uniform Condemnation Procedures Act (UCPA), MCL 213.52; MSA 8.265(2), require that a public utility, before acquiring property for a proposed transmission line, obtain a certificate of public necessity from each township or governmental unit through which...

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