Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.9

Sec. 9. Whenever any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall desire to construct a line of public telephones in the lower peninsula of this state, the same shall in all cases, when not located upon the public places, streets and highways of the said lower peninsula, or within the corporate limits of cities and villages, be located along side of and adjacent to the railway right of way in cases where the railway right of way lies adjacent to the lands sought to be acquired.