Palmer v. Dodd

This was an action of trespass brought before a justice of the peace.

The declaration is in the usual form, and describes the trespass as having been committed on the south-west fractional quarter of section 23, in township 1 south, range 4 west, in the State of Michigan. The plea was the general issue. On the trial in the circuit court, to which the case had been appealed, the evidence showed that the plaintiff was the owner in fee of the south-west fractional quarter of section 23, by a patent issued by the general government, in which the premises were so described, and the quantity of land…