Politics & Government

Dispute Over Plymouth Property Heads to Wayne County Court

The Detroit House of Corrections property was obtained by Plymouth Township in 2011.

A dispute over 190 acres in Plymouth Township that a city Law Department claims was illegally transferred to Plymouth Township in a tax foreclosure sale in September 2011, has reached Wayne County Circuit Court, according to the Observer & Eccentric.

As Plymouth-Canton Patch previously reported, the parcel is the site of the former Detroit House of Corrections, or DeHoCo and was obtained by Plymouth Township in September 2011 for $606,150.

The land was sold because of unpaid taxes, the report said.

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The Observer & Eccentric reports that the city of Detroit filed suit on April 5 and amended on April 18, against Plymouth Township and that Wayne County Treasurer Raymond Wojtowicz is asking that a judge return the property and award costs, interest, attorney fees and “such other relief to which plaintiff may be entitled.”

Plymouth Township received a copy of the suit on Monday, according to the report.

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In a September 2011, Plymouth-Canton Patch reported that in a letter to the council, Timothy Beckett, supervising assistant corporation counsel in the Law Department's real property and tax appeals section, said the Wayne County Treasurer has declined to take steps to correct the issue.

"Contrary to State Law, the Wayne County Treasurer forfeited, foreclosed, and conveyed to Plymouth Township certain real estate owned by the City of Detroit that was part of the DeHoCo property," Beckett wrote. "The Wayne County Treasurer has been contacted and has declined to take any steps to correct these actions."


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