Lee v. Fidelity Life & Income Mutual Insurance

Plaintiff-appellee Maryella Lee is the owner of lots 24 and 25 of Assessors Plat #31, city of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Defendant-appellant Fidelity Life & Income Mutual Insurance Company is the owner of lot 23 in the same plat. A map is attached to this opinion from which the size and shape of these lots, and their relationship to each other can be discerned.

Plaintiff in her deed was granted an easement over that part of defendant’s lot 23 which lies between lots 24 and 25. This easement is in the following language :

“Grant to second parties the right to use said strip of land 50 feet in…