Plumer v. Johnston
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Speed, J.) Ejectment. Plaintiff brings error. -The facts are stated in the opinion. Land dedicated as a street does not become such without an acceptance of the dedication, manifested by some act of the public authorities, either formally confirming or accepting such dedication, or by exercising authority over it in some of the ordinary ways of improvement or regulation.
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Error to Wayne. (Speed, J.) Ejectment. Plaintiff brings error. -The facts are stated in the opinion. Land dedicated as a street does not become such without an acceptance of the dedication, manifested by some act of the public authorities, either formally confirming or accepting such dedication, or by exercising authority over it in some of the ordinary ways of improvement or regulation. User by the public o£ city streets does not constitute acceptanee: People v. Jones, 6 Mich. 176; Tillman v. People, 12 Id. 401; Baker v. Johnston, 21 Id. 319; Detroit v. Detroit & Mil. R. R. Co., 23 Id. 173;…
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
Plaintiff brought ejectment to recover a parcel of land situated in Detroit, Wayne county, designated as that part of lot 2 -of the subdivision of private claim 729 bounded and described as beginning at the north-west corner of said lot 2; thence easterly, along the north boundary line of said lot 2, 25 feet; thence southerly, on a line parallel with the westerly line of said lot 2, to the northerly boundary line‘of Baker street; thence westerly, along the northerly line of Baker street, to the westerly boundary line of said lot 2; thence northerly, along the westerly boundary line of said…
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