Oliphant v. Frazho

This action now involves a controversy between plaintiffs and the State of Michigan, as intervening defendant, concerning rights to property which once was part of the submerged bottom, since filled, of Lake St. Clair in Macomb county, Michigan. Although it did so at one time, the State no longer makes claim with respect to that portion of the fill lying landward of the patent line. That leaves the dispute relating solely to the filled area lakeward of the patent line.

Plaintiffs Oliphant claim title to Lot 33, Ardmore Park Subdivision, a part of which lot lies within the boundaries of a…