Sheldon v. Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Cheboygan; Shepherd, J. Bill by Frank B. Sheldon against the Michigan Central Railroad Company and the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad Company to restrain a trespass upon and to quiet title to certain land. Defendants filed an answer in the nature of a cross-bill to quiet title to said land. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
It appears from the pleadings and proofs in this case that the complainant is the owner of lot 16 in, block 2 in R. Patterson’s first addition to the village (now city) of Cheboygan, county of Cheboygan, excepting, however, all that part of the above-described piece or parcel of land heretofore conveyed by Stanislaus Legault and wife to the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad Company by deed dated the 18th day of September, 1880. The defendant Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad Company, a corporation, is the. owner of a railroad right of way in a side, or spur, track running from the main…
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