Continental Improvement Co. v. Phelps
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent. Case. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
On the 29th of April, 1871, the Improvement Company was occupying and using the road of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company, and Mr. Phelps was owner and proprietor of one hundred and sixty acres lying away from the railroad and separated from it by *301a quarter section of unenclosed lands. He lived about a mile and a half from the railroad and owned no land situated nearer to it than the one hundred and sixty acres just, mentioned. There was no fence or other obstruction sufficient for partition fences on either side of said railroad. On the day mentioned a yoke of oxen, the property of…
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