Village of Grosse Pointe Shores v. Holmes
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer, J. Bill by the village of Grosse Pointe Shores and the township of Grosse Pointe against Clara Holmes and Clara Walter to have a certain road decreed to be a public highway. Upon the death of defendant Walter, before the trial, William Walter and others, heirs of said deceased, were substituted as parties defendant. From a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
It is the claim of plaintiffs that the gist of this suit is to have the Vernier road approach into Lake St. Clair, east of the Lake Shore road, or Jefferson avenue, decreed to be a public highway, with full riparian rights to the public. By their amended bill of complaint plaintiffs state that the said Vernier road (so called) within the limits of the village of Grosse Pointe Shores, and for a considerable distance westerly thereof in the township of Grosse Pointe, consists of a strip of land 66 feet in width, taken from the northerly (sometimes called easterly) side of private claim 156, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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