Matthews v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Monroe; Kinne, J. Trespass quare clausum fregit by Daniel A. Matthews against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff on verdict directed by the court, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Montgomery, J.. In July, 1871, the predecessor of the defendant company obtained a right of way for a railway, 100 feet in width, being 50 feet on each side of the surveyed line, extending through the land upon which the village of Carleton is now situated. In October, 1872, Charles A. Kent conveyed to the railway company and its successors the right to enter upon ,and conduct, maintain, and operate its railroad and appurtenances in and upon a strip 50 feet in width, lying south of the. first-named 100-foot strip. Subsequently, and on the 7th of April, 1875, Kent conveyed 40 acres of land to…
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