Village of Kalkaska v. Shell Oil Co.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a trial court order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

In 1976, Shell Oil Company, with the cooperation of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, created two eighty-acre drilling units within the Village of Kalkaska. The drilling units are located within three recorded plats. Streets within the plats are designated for public use.

The first plat was recorded in 1876, when the operative plat act provided that platting

shall be deemed a sufficient conveyance to vest the fee of such parcels of land as are therein expressed, named, or intended…