Grinnell Bros. v. Brown
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Sullivan, J., presiding. Bill by Grinnell Brothers against George D. Brown and others to restrain the obstruction of an easement. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
Defendants owned property in Highland Park having a frontage of 20.3 feet on Woodward avenue with a depth of 200 feet. Adjoining it on the north was a lot devoted to the business of the defendant Highland Park Creamery Company, a corporation which seems to be controlled and officered by the individual defendants. The south nine feet of the last mentioned premises were devoted for the entire depth to a driveway used in the business of the creamery company. On the 5th of November, 1915, the defendants contracted to sell to the plaintiff the 20.3 feet strip for the sum of $10,150 with a down…
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