Campau v. City of Detroit

The west line of a tract of land known as ‘‘ Private Claim 78’’ constitutes the center line of what is now known as “ Vinewood Avenue," in the city of Detroit. In 1846 the plaintiff’s mother, being the owner of said private claim, conveyed it by deed to one Keed, by a description which excluded the strip in controversy, being 15 feet in width off from the west side of said tract, which strip said deed described as a lane or road. The plaintiff testified that at a later date she gave' this strip of land to-him, but did not deed it to him until November 6, 1875. This land was not then within…