Hawkins v. Dillman

This suit involves the title to a strip of land 16% feet wide and approximately 142 rods long, lying in what is now the central portion of wider Woodward avenue in section 8, town 1 north, range 11 east, of Eoyal Oak township. Prior to 1838, John Benjamin and wife owned all of the southwest one-quarter of section 8 in the township of Eoyal Oak. On May 7, 1838, John Benjamin and wife conveyed to the president and directors of the Detroit & Pontiac Eailroad Company, a steam railroad, a strip of land in section 8 described as:

“Lying on the east side of the Detroit and Pontiac turnpike and…