Backus v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Detroit. Injunction bill. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
Complainant is owner of lots numbered 31 to 36 inclusive, on a subdivision of part of the Loranger farm, south of Fort street in the city of Detroit, being part of private claims 338 and 474. The subdivision was made by a plat duly executed July 24, 1863, by Bosalie Loranger, *111then the owner, through whose conveyance complainant derives title. ■ The lots all front on the Detroit river, and appear from the plat to be bounded upon it. Between lots 33 and 3d the plat shows a street 30 feet in width extending to the river. In front of lots 34, 35 and 36 complainant has ■constructed a wharf two…
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