County of Wayne v. Miller

This is an action of ejectment to recover a strip of land lying on Jefferson avenue in the city of Detroit, and which the plaintiff claims as a part of that avenue. The strip *448is from fourteen to sixteen feet in width, and constitutes the front of premises occupied by defendant, the remainder of which is conceded to be his property. Jefferson avenue was laid out at this point by the Michigan state bank, by a plat dated June 2, 1846, made under the act for the recording of town plats, approved April 19, 1839 (1 Comp. L. 1871, p. 467). That act provided that a plat executed in accordance with…