Pittsburgh & Lake Angeline Iron Co. v. Lake Superior Iron Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Marquette; Stone, J. Bill by tbe Pittsburgh & Lake Angeline Iron Company against the Lake Superior Iron Company and the Cleveland Iron-Mining Company for an equitable division of the territory formerly covered by the waters of Lake Angeline, and for other relief. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Marquette; Stone, J. Bill by tbe Pittsburgh & Lake Angeline Iron Company against the Lake Superior Iron Company and the Cleveland Iron-Mining Company for an equitable division of the territory formerly covered by the waters of Lake Angeline, and for other relief. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. Lake Angeline was situated on sections 10, 11, and 15,-township 47 N., range 27 W., and was within the corporate limits of the city of Ishpeming, in Marquette county. It contained 148.61 acres within the government meander lines. It was a mile in length east and…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
{after stating the facts). The theory of the complainant’s bill is that the territory formerly covered by the. waters of this lake should be divided among .the shore owners in proportion to the amount of shore frontage owned by each; that such ownership extends to the center of the lake, to be equitably established by the court; and that such territory should be partitioned by convergent lines drawn from the outside limits of each frontage to a convergent point called the ‘ ‘ equitable center.” To the bill is attached a map purporting to contain such equitable division.
The equitable center is…
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