Etherington v. Bailiff

Plaintiffs, Henry and Mary Etherington, in 1934 acquired 40 acres of land in the township of Au Gres, county of Arenac, State of Michigan, to-wit:

“Southwest quarter of the northwest fractional quarter of section 18, town 19 north, range 6 east.”

At the time of purchase, plaintiffs and their grantors inspected the property with the aid of a Mr. Baikie, who was not a surveyor but supposedly familiar with such matters, being county drain commissioner. The 40-acre parcel is bounded on the west by State Highway M-65 and on the.south by US Highway No 23, and it is conceded that the true west quarter…