Legal Opinion

Manistee Manufacturing Co. v. Cogswell

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1895PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error to Manistee. (Judkins, J.) Ejectment. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

This is an action of ejectment to recover a strip of land 60J feet long, and 16 inches wide at one end and nine inches wide at the other. The plaintiff’s testimony tended to show title to the strip of land in question. The defendants showed ownership of the piece of land adjoining on the north, and claimed that the line between the two properties had become established so that the strip of land in question became parcel of the lot owned by defendants. They also adduced some testimony tending to show an adverse occupancy for the statutory period; but the testimony on this point was not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith v. HamiltonMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
  2. Hayes v. LivingstonMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Bird v. StarkMichigan Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Holmes v. JudgeUtah Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Olin v. HendersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Brown v. BowermanMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Parsons v. BillsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Breakey v. WoolseyMichigan Supreme Court · 1907

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