Leonard v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer, J. Bill by Cornelia S. Leonard against the city of Detroit to quiet title. From a decree for part of the relief prayed, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
Complainant is the owner of a lot situate at the corner of Miami avenue and John R. street, in the city of Detroit, and this bill is filed to quiet-title to a strip of land 4 feet wide along the John R. street side of said lot, and to another strip 9.65 feet wide along the Miami avenue side, which strips the city of Detroit asserts form a part of the street and avenue mentioned. The lot in question is owned in fee by the complainant, and has been in possession of complainant and her grantors for more than 50 years continuously. These strips of land are situate within the sidewalk line, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Flynn v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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