Kirby v. Michigan Central Railroad Co.

Plaintiff commenced suit in ejectment to recover possession of a strip of land 12 feet wide off the south end of lot No. 21, in, the village of Dear-born. The defendant pleaded the general issue and gave notice that it would show title by adverse possession. At the conclusion of the trial, the trial court directed a verdict for the plaintiff.

It appears that this lot was owned by John Halpin in the year 1837, and in September of 1838 he conveyed it to the State of Michigan, then engaged in constructing the Central Railroad. Afterward, in' 1846, when the State conveyed the railroad to the…