Vance v. Village of Pewamo
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Ionia; Davis, J. Bill by Chauncey B. Vance and Mary A. Vance against the village of Pewamo to restrain a trespass upon certain land. Defendant filed an answer in the nature of a cross-bill claiming such land by virtue of a dedication for a highway. From a decree for defendant, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
The dispute in this case arises between these parties upon the question as to whether a certain strip of land claimed by complainants is a public street. The village of Pewamo, located on sections 12 and 13 in the township of Lyons, Ionia county, was platted by two men named Blanchard, who owned the lands included therein July 25, 1859, and a map of such platting was on that date duly recorded. This map contained lots numbered from 1 to 194, inclusive, and was divided by certain streets, running north and south and east and west. There were also other lots, called “ outlots,” included in the…
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