Goodman v. Brenner

The bill of complaint was filed in this cause to restrain the defendants from trespassing on the premises of the plaintiff and to recover damages for injury to crops and fences. The defendants answering claim a right of way by necessity over the plaintiff’s land, and as affirmative relief ask the court to establish and confirm it. The parties are neighboring farmers living in the township of Sálem, Allegan county, Michigan. Their lands were owned by .a common grantor, one Adam Goodman. In 1878, defendant William S. Brenner acquired title to 20 acres described as the north % of the northeast *4…