Board of Supervisors v. City of Grand Rapids
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent. (Montgomery, J.) Bill filed to determine complainant’s right to an alleged eonrt-house square. Defendants appeal. Tlie facts are stated in the opinions.’
1DissentMorse, J.
{dissenting). The proofs in these two cases were taken by stipulation as in one case, and were argued together here. The bills of complaint were filed to quiet the title to a piece of land in the city of Grand Rapids which has been known as and called, by the public generally, the' “ Court-house Square” or “Public Square” in said city, and latterly by many as the “ Public Park.”
Owing to the destruction of the records of conveyances in the office of the register of deeds of Kent county by fire some 15 years ago, it has been somewhat difficult to show the whole record history of the land in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Trustees of Watertown v. Cowen & BaggNew York Court of Chancery · 1834
- Baker v. JohnstonMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Owen v. FieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Wilder v. City of Saint PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1866
- Townsend v. . McDonaldNew York Court of Appeals · 1855
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