Jury; use of petition, map, blank verdict, form.
MCL 213.119
in effect213.119. Jury; use of petition, map, blank verdict, form.
Sec. 9.
To assist the jury in arriving at their verdict the court may allow the jury, when they retire, to take with them the petition filed in the case and a map showing the location of the public utility proposed to be taken for public use and may also submit to them a blank verdict, which may be as follows:
PART I.
We find that it is .................. necessary to take the absolute title in fee to the private property described in the petition in this cause, for the use of the public.
PART II.
The just compensation to be paid for such private property we have ascertained and determined, and hereby award as follows:
Description of the property to be taken. Owners, occupants and others interested in each parcel. Compensation. To whom payable.
The different descriptions of the property and the names of the occupants, owners and others interested therein, may be inserted in said blank verdict, under the direction of the court, before it is submitted to the jury, or it may be done by the jury.
1919, Act 119, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 3819; CL 1948, 213.119
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-213-119Fetched: 10/20/2026