Curtis v. Leasia

These parties own adjoining lands in the township of Bridgeport, county of Saginaw. The line between their lands is 80 rods long; plaintiff owning on the south side of the line, and the defendant owning on the north side. The defendant, about 30 years ago, moved onto his land, and commenced improving it. Both parcels were at that time unimproved, and open to the commons. In clearing, the defendant, not knowing the exact location of the line, cleared over it in some places several rods, and in others not quite to it; and when he built his fence he took all the rails from his own land, of good…