Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad v. Butler
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. This was a bill filed by John Butler in the Circuit Court of the county of Kent, in the State of Michigan, against the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company and others, to quiet title to certain land in that county, resulting in a decree in complainant’s favor, which was afterwards affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State, to review whose judgment this writ of error was sued out. The case is reported 85 Michigan, 246.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
The fractional north half of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 7 north, range 12 west, is located on the east bank of Grand River, and early in 1831 that part of the town lying east of the river was surveyed and subdivided, and the east bank of the river was meandered and surveyed. In 1837 the w¿st bank of the river was meandered and surveyed, as were also four islands in the stream, designated as Islands Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4; and that part of the town lying west of the river was surveyed and subdivided.
The north fractional half of the southeast quarter of section 25 was entered by…
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