Legal Opinion
Quinn v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1931No. Docket No. 157, Calendar No. 35,967PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFead, J.
This is a bill to restrain defendants from drilling for. oil and gas on certain land. The facts were stipulated.(1) September 7, 1881, Aaron T. Bliss and Lyman W. Bliss, by warranty deed, sold and conveyed to the Saginaw & Clare County Bailroad Company, “to be used for railroad purposes only:”
“A parcel of land one hundred feet in width, lying fifty feet on each side of the center line of the Saginaw & Clare County Bailroad, as located and established upon and across the lands of said parties of the first part, (describing a 40-acre parcel) * * * and all the estate, right, title, claim and…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Right of Way Oil Co. v. Gladys City Oil, Gas & Manufacturing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1913
- Uhl v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Abercrombie v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
- East Alabama Railway Co. v. Doe Ex Dem. VisscherSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Stevens v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1919
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3Cited by55 opinions
- People v. Ocean Shore Railroad, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1948
- Brown v. WeareSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
- Chevy Chase Land Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
- Brookbank v. Benedum-Trees Oil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Department of Natural Resources v. Carmody-Lahti Real Estate, IncMichigan Supreme Court · 2005
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