Phelps v. Brevoort
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mayne, J., presiding. Ejectment by Ralph Phelps and another against Henry N. Brevoort and another. Judgment for plaintiffs on a directed verdict. Defendants bring error. In an action of ejectment plaintiffs seek to recover possession of a, strip of land about 20 feet wide and about 2,200 feet in length located on Grosse Isle, Wayne county, Michigan.
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Error to Wayne; Mayne, J., presiding. Ejectment by Ralph Phelps and another against Henry N. Brevoort and another. Judgment for plaintiffs on a directed verdict. Defendants bring error. In an action of ejectment plaintiffs seek to recover possession of a, strip of land about 20 feet wide and about 2,200 feet in length located on Grosse Isle, Wayne county, Michigan. On October 20, 1859, by a decree ©f partition in the circuit court for the county of Wayne, Private Claim No. 550 was subdivided. The map of said subdivision, Schedule A, is herewith subjoined. Lot 1 of said subdivision was by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). It is the first contention of appealing defendant, Neele Davis Brevoort, that she has title to the property in question through adverse possession of herself and her grantor. This contention is based upon the theory that the fence built in 1898 was built by agreement between the then owners of the adjoining parcels. In support of this contention the following authorities are cited from this State: Bower v. Earl, 18 Mich. 367; Bennett v. Robinson, 27 Mich. 26; and McCall v. Wells, 55 Mich. 171. It seems to us a sufficient answer to this claim may be found in the fact…
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- Bennett v. RobinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
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