Austin v. Crowell

This is ejectment brought by the plaintiff to recover possession of a strip of land eight feet in width on a city lot located near the northeast corner of Grant street and Asylum avenue (new Oakland drive), in the city of Kalamazoo. Grant street runs east and west. Oakland drive runs nearly north and south. The defendant owned three tenement houses facing on Oakland drive. She did not live in any of them. They were occupied by tenants.

In 1890 the land on Grant street was surveyed by Mr. Balch, and a plat made showing six lots fronting on Grant street. The parties to this suit trace title to…