Cabal v. Kent County Road Commission

This case involves a dispute over property rights to a parcel of land adjoining Crooked Lake in Grattan Township, Kent County, Michigan.

Crooked Lake Drive, a gravel road, roughly parallels the irregular coastline of the lake in the area in question. Plaintiffs and the various defendants are owners of the 35 lots in Crooked Lake Park Plat fronting on the road. The property in dispute is that strip on the other side of the road leading down to the lake’s edge. This strip tapers from roughly 70 feet to 20 feet in width in front of defendants’ respective lots. For a defendant to obtain direct…