Michigan Air Line Railway Co. v. Barnes

These cases were heard together and will be disposed of as one case.

In the petition for acquiring the right of way, it was set forth that Mary A. Patón owned or claimed to have an estate or interest in the lands sought to be acquired. Mary A. Patón did not appear, and a discontinuance as to her was entered. It appeared that she had a mortgage upon the premises. The statute under which these proceedings were instituted requires the names and places of residence of the parties “who own, or have, or claim to own, or have estates or interests in said lands or property” * * * “together with such…