City of Big Rapids v. Comstock

The city of Big Eapids filed its bill of complaint, alleging, among other things, that two of the principal avenues and streets of said city are Michigan avenue and Maple street, and that said streets intersect each other at about the center of the business portion of said city, and are the two principal business streets therein; that one Daniel F. Comstock is in possession of lot 1, in block 20, of the original plat of the village (now’city) of Big Eapids, claiming to be the owner thereof, and of the building or buildings situate thereon; that the said land and buildings above described are…