Legal Opinion

Clute v. Fisher

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided February 10, 1887PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Error to Berrien. (Smith, J.) Trespass. Plaintiff brings error. The facts, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.

The plaintiff brought suit in justice’s court, in an action of trespass, against the defendant for entering upon the land of the plaintiff, said land being then and there covered with water, and a lake, and cutting and hauling away 10 loads *of ice, the property of the plaintiff, to his damage $25.

The defendant pleaded the general issue, and gave notice that the land, under the waters of said lake upon which the ice was cut, was not the property of the plaintiff, but that such land belonged to the United States, the State of Michigan, the county of Berrien, and the township of Three Oaks; and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lorman v. BensonMichigan Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Rice v. RuddimanMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
  3. Lincoln v. DavisMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Lessee of William L. Brown and Wife, in Error v. Joseph Clements and Jonathan Hunt, in ErrorSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
  5. Palmer v. DoddMichigan Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Lamprey v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
  2. Bott v. Natural Resources CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Johnson v. HurstIdaho Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co. v. South Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Fuller v. SheddIllinois Supreme Court · 1896

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