Burns v. Martin

This is an action of ejectment brought by Mrs. Burns for a strip of land a few inches wide in block three (3) on the Thompson farm in the city of Detroit. The dispute hinges on the right position of the boundary between lots thirty-eight and thirty-nine. The plaintiff owns lot thirty-eight and the defendants lot thirty-nine, and she claims that they have encroached upon her lot thirty-eight. The defendants deny this and contend that they have confined their occupancy to the bounds of lot thirty-nine and that the plaintiff is now in fact holding a fraction of that lot against their right.

Thomps…