Village of Grandville v. Jenison
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from-Kent. (Burch, J.) Bill to remove an obstruction from a public street, etc. Defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCahill, J.
The bill in this cause was filed to restrain the defendants from erecting a building in what is described in the bill as c‘ South Street,” in the village of G-randville, and to require the defendants to tear down and remove a building partially completed by them there. The defense is that the place where the building was being erected is not a public street, but property which the defendants had purchased and have a right to erect their building on.
The facts relied on by complainant to establish the existence of a street are that in 1837 the owners of the land where the village of Grandville…
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