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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 229.5

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
     The damages awarded to the owner or occupant of the land through which the road is laid, together with the expenses of the proceedings, shall be paid to the township supervisor by the person applying for the road, which damages shall be paid or tendered by the supervisor to the owner or occupant, and when paid or tendered the supervisor shall proceed to open the road.