Property Owners Seek Writ Ordering Park District to Pay Them for Land Developed as Public Bike/Hiking Trail

State ex rel. Gerald O.E. Nickoli and Robin L.B. Nickoli et al. v. Erie Metroparks et al., Case no. 2009-0026

Erie County

ISSUE: Are parties who claim ownership of portions of a strip of property on which a public bike/hiking trail has been constructed entitled to a writ of mandamus compelling the park district that developed the trail to institute appropriation proceedings and compensate the claimed owners for the taking of their property for a public purpose?