Hurd v. Hines

Plaintiffs are the owners of land on Saginaw Bay in Huron county. Contiguous thereto on the north is property owned by defendants Hines. The boundary line between said properties has never been definitely established. Claiming that the de fendants had encroached on their property and were withholding possession thereof from them, plaintiffs on April 17, 1953, instituted ejectment proceedings. The defendants answered the declaration, denying plaintiffs’ claims and asserting ownership in defendants Hines of the property in dispute. The cause was tried before the circuit judge without a jury and…