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CITY OF WILLIAMSTON v. WHEATFIELD TWP.

Docket No. 77553.

142 Mich. App. 714 (1985)

370 N.W.2d 325

CITY OF WILLIAMSTON v. WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reck, Reck & Ashley, P.C. (by J. David Reck and Nancy R. Ashley), for plaintiffs.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, P.C. (by William K. Fahey), for Wheatfield Township.

Cohl, Salstrom, Stoker & Aseltyne, P.C. (by Larry A. Salstrom), for Ingham County Board of Commissioners, Ingham County Clerk, and Ingham County Board of Canvassers.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and T.M. BURNS and BEASLEY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs appeal from the circuit court's ruling that, pursuant to the home rule cities act,1 approval of a detachment petition by a majority of those voting is sufficient for detachment. We conclude that the home rule cities act is plain on its face and that construction of that act is unnecessary.

On December 23, 1978, by order of the State Boundary Commission, an...

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