Leggett v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Donovan, J. Bill by John W. Leggett against the city of Detroit to set aside a deed. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals; and from an order allowing Albert U. Widman to file a bill in the nature of a bill of review, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Virginia avenue, in Detroit, extends westerly from Woodward avenue. Complainant, Leggett, and others owned land extending from Woodward avenue to Hamilton Boulevard, and some years ago platted the same, calling the plat the £ £ Peerless Addition. ” Virginia avenue was then in existence. The Peerless Addition lies upon both sides of it. At that time Second and Third avenues had not been opened as far north as Virginia avenue; some, if not all, of those streets, being opened only to a point some blocks south of Virginia avenue. Leggett and his associates made a deed of the lands belonging to…
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