Drew v. Comstock
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Mecosta. (Fuller, J.) Trespass. Defendant brings error. When the purpose for which an easement is granted no longer exists, the easement ■ends: Washb. Easements (2 ed.) 623, §3; verbal permission to lay track on one’s land, is a mere license, revocable at any time : Druse r. Wheeler 22 Mich. 439; Miller r. The Aub. ■
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
Drew recovered $633 damages against ■defendant for assault and battery. Defendant brings error. The circumstances, so far as they are not disputed, were these : .Defendant had become owner of property in Big Rapids that had been mill property lying west of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. This was once owned by one Moon, •and while he so owned it a spur track had been taken from a *178side track connected by switch with the main track, so as to lead from the mill to the side track and thence out upon the main road, and with no other means of egress. This spur had been so built that one of the…
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