Legal Opinion
Carr v. Bartell
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 1943No. Docket No. 22, Calendar No. 42,198PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtStarr, J.
This case involves a dispute over a joint driveway between residence properties in the city of Lansing.
In 1908 Charles Foster and wife, who owned lot 4, block 186, of the city of Lansing, conveyed the north. % of such lot to a predecessor in plaintiffs’ chain of title, the deed of conveyance providing: .
“Reserving a strip of land four feet in width off the south side of said above-described land which with a strip of land four feet in width off the north side of the next adjoining same on the south is to be used as a joint driveway.”
In 1910 the Fosters conveyed the south % of said lot 4 to a…
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