People v. Warner

In 1853 there existed in Saginaw Bay an island called “Maisou,” which had never been surveyed. In that year a- survey of this island was made by the government, and it was sold in 1868. A copy of the plat which was made by the surveyor is attached to this opinion,1 whereby it is shown that the surveyor found land lying to the eastward of Maisou island, which, he denominated “Wet Marsh,” and apparently did not survey. It appears upon the plat as two small islands. These islands now constitute a part of a somewhat extensive stretch of land and shallows, known as the “Middle *230Ground,” shown by a…