City of Marquette v. Gaede

CARTER, Justice.

Steven A. Gaede and Ruth Gaede, who claim ownership of a thirty-three-foot strip of land that the City of Marquette claims is a city street, appeal from a decree quieting title to the disputed strip in the city. The Gaedes urge that (1) the platted street that forms the basis for the city’s claim never extended far enough east to coincide with the area in dispute, (2) the city’s claim is barred by a forty-year chain of title in the Gaedes and their predecessors in interest, and (3) the city is estopped from claiming title to the disputed strip. We reject each of these…