Brown v. Bowerman
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Van Burén; Carr, J. Ejectment by Charles A. Brown against Samuel R. Bowerman. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
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Error to Van Burén; Carr, J. Ejectment by Charles A. Brown against Samuel R. Bowerman. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error. This is an action of ejectment, brought to recover the following described lands, to wit: “Commencing 4.64 chains south of the south half quarter post on the north and south quarter line of section twenty-one, town one south, range seventeen west; thence south to a point twenty-three rods thirteen and one-half feet south of said half quarter post; thence west to Lake Michigan; thence northeasterly along Lake Michigan to a point west of the place of…
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
{after stating the facts). The first error discussed is in the refusal of the court to set aside the general verdict of the jury, and in the same connection may be discussed the refusal of the court to grant a request of the defendant. The request was as follows •.
*699“ Although there may have been an agreed line between the former proprietors of the lands in controversy, yet, if the monuments had been removed or been lost, it was competent for the parties who owned the lands to have a survey, and agree upon a boundary line; and such an agreement would re-establish the boundary line, and would be…
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