Thompson v. Moran

We have in tliis case an-information in the nature of a quo warranto to inquire by what authority the respondents usurp certain franchises. ■ It is very brief, and gives the court to understand that on the eleventh day of June, 1880, the city of Detroit was and now is possessed of an island in the Detroit river, known as Belle Isle, which was and is held by said city under a purchase of the same by statutory authority, and that the respondents usurp and unlawfully hold, use and exercise the franchises of taking possession of said island for the purpose of improving the same as and for a…