Ludington & Northern Railway v. Epworth Assembly

Plaintiff appeals and defendant cross appeals from a circuit court judgment, entered following a bench trial determining the parties’ respective interests in five adjoining strips of land. With regard to four of the strips, the trial court held that plaintiff had acquired a fee interest and that any possibility of reverter possessed by defendant was extinguished pursuant to 1968 PA 13, MCL 554.61 et seq.) MSA 26.49(11) et seq. With regard to the fifth strip, the trial court held that only an easement interest was acquired by plaintiff, but that this interest was terminated by abandonment. In…