Smith v. State Highway Commissioner

Plaintiff is the owner of a farm of 320 acres in Clay township, St. Clair county, having a frontage of 1,985 feet on St. Clair river, which there runs north and south. Running along the bank of the river there is now and has been within the memory of the oldest witnesses produced on the hearing a north and south highway, which runs from Algonac to Roberts Landing. Until 15 years ago it was the ordinary country highway; it was then cindered and at the present time the cindered portion is from 15 to 18 feet in width. On the west side of the highway plaintiff and his predecessors in title have…