Lee v. Lake
Michigan Supreme Court
Case made after judgment from Livingston Circuit. The action was trespass, for alleged injuries to certain premises in the village of Howell. The defendant plead the general issue, and gave notice of title in himself, and that the premises were a public square. The facts, so far as they are necessary to an understanding of the legal questions involved in the ease, appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley J.
The only question presented by the record in this case is, whether the premises in controversy have ever been dedicated to public purposes. The plaintiff claims to be in the rightful *16possession of them under a lease from F. J. B. Crane, whose title is deduced as folloAvs: The United States to John D. Pinckney; John D. Pinckney to Edward Brooks and F. J. B. Crane, deed dated July 8, 1836; Edward Brooks to F. J. B. Crane, quit claim deed, dated October 15, 1853.
To show a dedication the defendant first put in evidence a certified copy of a plat of the village of Howell, recorded in the…
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