Brown v. Milliman
Michigan Supreme Court
.Appeal from Monroe; Kinne, J. Bill by Harvey H. Brown and others against William Milliman, Jr., and Samuel Gay, to quiet title to land. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
Complainants obtained a decree in the court *607below quieting tbeir title to a piece of land, and restraining defendants from trespassing thereon. The defendants have appealed from that decree.
A reference to the accompanying plats will aid in understanding the questions at issue. The first plat is one prepared by the United States land department from a survey
made in 1817. The other plat was made by Mr. Allen, who was employed by defendants, from a survey made by him in February, 1897. The land in dispute is marked upon Mr. Allen’s plat as “Gay’s Island.”
The complainants are hunters. For the…
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