Schweikart v. Stivala

This is a suit in ejectment to try title to certain property hereinafter designated. Defendant claims title to the parcel as an accretion to a lot owned by him. Plaintiffs dispute defendant’s claim of ownership and assert title to the parcel in controversy on the following grounds:

“That the land in this area, including the land in question, was formed by accretions to the shore of the lake [St. Clair], of which the plaintiffs were the littoral proprietors at the date of defendant’s land contract [1940].”

Plaintiffs also assert title under the terms of a decree rendered in a suit brought by…