Township of Maple Grove v. Misteguay Creek Intercounty Drain Board, No. 304965, 2012 Mich. App. LEXIS 1784 (Mich. Ct. App. Sept. 18, 2012)

(township filed petition seeking maintenance and repair of drain; practicability hearing held, order of practicability issued, and public necessity hearing scheduled; hearing was rescheduled due to large number of attendees and fire marshal regulations; prior to rescheduled hearing drain board increases size of proposed district and cost of project; plaintiffs brought suit alleging second practicability hearing must be held to increase size of project and this failure divested board of jurisdiction over project; trial court held township’s petition for maintenance was sufficient to allow board to proceed on intercounty drain and second practicability hearing not necessary because size and scope only determined after practicability of project is determined; appellate court held plaintiff’s arguments without merit and trial court decision affirmed).