Michigan · statute · 297 of 1929, Mich. Comp. Laws · 6 active provisions
That, whenever the trustees of an incorporated village, or the common council of any city, shall, by a resolution adopted by them, determine that the dead bodies buried in any private or public cemetery located in such city or village should be removed therefrom for the reason that such cemetery shall impede the establ…
That, upon the adoption of such a resolution, it shall be competent for the board of directors, or board of trustees, of such cemetery association, as is the owner of such cemetery, to agree upon a contract for the sale of such cemetery to such city or village: Provided, however, That the validity and enforceability of…
That, upon the execution of such contract, a petition shall be made in behalf of said village trustees, or common council, by an attorney, or agent, appointed by them for that purpose, who shall file a petition, signed and sworn to by him, in the office of the clerk of said court for the proper county, which petition s…
That, should there appear at the hearing of such petition any objecting lot owner or grave owner of such cemetery, setting forth, by special petition, that he has not come to an agreement with said cemetery association in respect to the necessity for such removal under the terms of this act and in respect to compensati…
That the hearing of such petition may be continued from term to term, in the discretion of the court, without further notice; that all testimony may be taken in open court, or the taking of the same may be referred, in the discretion of the court, to a circuit court commissioner of the proper county; that, under direct…
Any lot owner or grave owner whose property may be taken, and any municipality or person, party to the proceedings under this act, considering himself aggrieved, may appeal from the order of the court confirming the verdict of the jury or order of the court made at the proceedings without a jury by filing in writing wi…