Legal Opinion
Attorney General v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1933No. Docket No. 109, Calendar No. 37,052PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcDonald, C. J.
This is a proceeding in the nature of a quo warraAito brought by the attorney general of the State of Michigan to test the right of the Pere- Marquette Railway Company either by itself or its lessee to drill for gas or oil on the surplus land of its right of way which it owns in fee absolute.
One of defendant’s lines of railroad runs through the counties of Isabella and Clare in the northern part of this State. The land involved in this case is in Isabella county, and the defendant’s road in that region runs through oil and gas territory. The railroad right of way is 100 feet wide. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Quinn v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1931
- Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. North American Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
3Cited by19 opinions
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