Droste v. City of Highland Park

This bill was filed to secure the reformation of a deed on the ground of mutual mis take. On the hearing, a decree was granted to the plaintiff. The defendant has appealed. The testi- ■ many tends to establish the following facts: •

In 1914, the village (now city) of Highland Park was constructing a water supply main from Lake St. Clair. It desired to run the main through a small strip of land belonging to the plaintiff and her husband, Joseph Droste, now deceased. The Drostes refused to grant a right of way. The Gratiot Highlands Company owned a subdivision on the other side of Gratiot avenue…