Conkling v. Village of Mackinaw City
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Emmet; Adams, J. Bill by Clinton L. Conkling,' executor of the last will and testament of Mercie A. Conkling, deceased, against the village of Mackinaw City, to quiet title to land. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The complainant filed a bill to quiet the title to about 20 acres of land which defendant claims is a public park. - From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant has appealed. The accompanying plat will aid in understanding the situation:
The circuit judge filed a written opinion, from which the following is taken:
*69‘ ‘ It appears that, at an early day in the history of this part of the State, one Edgar Conkling became imbned with the idea that a large city and commercial and manufacturing metropolis would come into existence, in the natural order of things, at the point where the village of…
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