Baldwin v. Erie Shooting Club
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Monroe; Kinne, J. Bill by Willis Baldwin to enjoin the Erie Shooting Club from interfering with his passage over certain submerged lands of defendant. From the decree rendered, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
The bill in this case is filed to restrain defendant from interfering with the passage of complainant over the waters of Maumee Bay to reach his own premises, otherwise inaccessible. The complainant is the owner of an undivided one-half of 80 acres of land situate in Maumee Bay, Monroe county; and defendant owns, or is in possession of under leases of, about 4,000 acres of *660land, which entirely surround the land of complainant. The lands of defendant are almost entirely covered by water, and it is complainant’s contention that these waters are navigable waters, and free for the public use as a…
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