Michigan Central Railroad v. Garfield Petroleum Corp.

{(dissenting). Plaintiff filed two bills of complaint by which it sought to have quieted in it the title to two separate parcels of land. In each case defendants had decree dismissing the bill and plaintiff has appealed. The parties to this appeal agree that an accurate statement of the question involved is as follows:

“Does a railroad company organized under the laws of Michigan obtain fee title to land by adverse possession, giving-right to recently discovered oil, where it entered upon the land without permission 50 years ago, cut down standing timber for a 100-foot right of way, laid a…