Mays v. Shaffer
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. . Eelator applied for mandamus to compel respondent to issue certificates' for certain swamp lands on Bois Blanc island, under a State-road contract payable in lands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, C. J.
Bois. Blanc island is situated in Lake Huron, near the straits of Mackinac, and between the Upper and.Lower Peninsulas of Michigan. It is about *46113 miles in length, and from 4 to 6 miles in width. The United States survey established a base line, running east and west, from which the survey of the island was made. About 40 families are said to reside upon the island. By the United States survey a number of sections were designated as swamp, and were granted to the State by act of Congress of September 28, 18o0.
By Act No. 277, Laws of 1887, approved June 28 of that year, so much of the swamp land…
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