Hoffman v. Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad

January 7, 1884, plaintiff became the owner of lot 43 in the city of Port Huron, lying east of Merchant street, and between the said street and the St. Clair river, and claims to be the owner of the fee of said land to the center of Merchant street. In April, 1889, the defendant company purchased the Port Huron & Northwestern Railway. The last-named company built its *317road in front of the lot in question in 1880. Before doing so it obtained permission from the common council of the city of Port Huron to use the street for its railway, subject to the rights of the adjacent lot owners. The…