Bachus v. West Traverse Township

On Remand

Before: Cynar, P.J., and J. H. Gillis and Allen, JJ. J. H. Gillis, J.

Chutzpah — a delightful Yiddish *559expression loosely defined as gall. In this panel’s prior opinion in this cause, our beloved colleague, Judge Nathan J. Kaufman, gave us a classic example of chutzpah, to wit: a defendant who, about to be sentenced for murdering his parents, begs the mercy of the sentencing court because he is an orphan.1

This case presents another splendid example of chutzpah. The defendant, West Traverse Township, claims title to the land in question by adverse possession, even though it continued to…