Weber v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Murphy, J. Bill by Joseph F. Weber against the city of Detroit and others to quiet title to land. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The public alley in which is situated the pieces of land now in controversy is in a block of the city of Detroit bounded on the north by Gratiot avenue and Maple street, on the east by Rivard street, on the south by Sherman street, and on the west by Hastings street.
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Appeal from Wayne; Murphy, J. Bill by Joseph F. Weber against the city of Detroit and others to quiet title to land. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The public alley in which is situated the pieces of land now in controversy is in a block of the city of Detroit bounded on the north by Gratiot avenue and Maple street, on the east by Rivard street, on the south by Sherman street, and on the west by Hastings street. The alley extends from Sherman street in a northwesterly direction to near the middle of the block parallel to Gratiot avenue, from which point it extends east to…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). Counsel for complainant cites and relies upon the following authorities: Gregory v. Knight, 50 Mich. 61, 63, 64 (14 N. W. 700); Village of Essexville v. Emery, 90 Mich. 183, 185, 186 (51 N. W. 204); Flynn v. City of Detroit, 93 Mich. 590 (53 N. W. 815); Leonard v. City of Detroit, 108 Mich. 600, 601, 602 (66 N. W. 488); Vier v. City of Detroit, 111 Mich. 646, 647, 648 (70 N. W. 139). In Gregory v. Knight the land was occupied by a “rail fence, stone-row, rail piles, hay barn, and sheds.” In Flynn v. City of Detroit a house was standing about one foot upon the land…
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