Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
May 1, 2009 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
137425 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY, Diane M. Hathaway,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 137425
COA: 277039
Oakland CC: 2006-072541-CH
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.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the July 17, 2008
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, 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 do 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).
I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
May 1, 2009 _________________________________________
s0428 Clerk