Categories: Michigan Supreme Court Opinions

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY v. ACEY, 483 Mich. 985 (2009)

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EUGENE A. ACEY, ELEANORE ACEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM DROUILLARD, SHIRLEY ANN DROUILLARD, JOHN EGLITIS, LAURA EGLITIS, DEL S. FISHMAN, KATHY FISHMAN, ROBERT J. HOFFMAN, TROY A. KNIGHT, FAWN Y. KNIGHT, RICHARD M. VAUGHN, BRENDA S. VAUGHN, DOUGLAS A. HYMAN, and MARGO KING HYMAN, Defendants-Appellants.

No. 137425.Supreme Court of Michigan.
May 1, 2009.

Court of Appeals No. 277039.

Summary Disposition.

In lieu of granting leave to appeal, we reverse the Court of Appeals judgment to the extent that it reversed the trial court’s order limiting the easement to a “66-foot working strip.” Although the majority of the written easements at issue in this case does not include the limitation, the plaintiff voluntarily and expressly agreed on the record to the imposition of this limitation. See Dana Corp v Employment Security Comm, 371 Mich 107, 110 (1963); Bowman v Coleman, 356 Mich 390, 392-393 (1959).

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