Legal Opinion
Hoag v. Place
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 18, 1892PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Ionia. (Smith, J.) Bill to settle the ownership of ice, and to restrain ■defendants from claiming title thereto, and from cutting or removing the same. Both parties appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDurand, J.
The bill in this case is filed for the purpose of settling the ownership of the ice forming from time to time on a body of water known as the'“Prairie Creek Pond."
On April 25, 1855, John P. Place and Laura Place, his wife, executed and delivered to John C. Dexter a warranty deed in the usual form, conveying to him certain property mentioned in the deed, and described as:
“ The following described parcels of land in Ionia county, Michigan, on section 21, in township 7 north, of range 6 west, described as follows, to wit: Being all the land lying south of the center of the highway leading…
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