People v. Carpenter
Michigan Supreme Court
Case reserved from the District Court of Wayne county. At the September term of the district court, in 1845, the following indictment was found against Carpenter for obstructing Woodward Avenue in the city of Detroit: “ Wayne county, ss: — The grand jurors of'the people of the state of Michigan, inquiring in and for the body of the county of Wayne aforesaid, upon their oaths present, that on the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three,…
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Case reserved from the District Court of Wayne county. At the September term of the district court, in 1845, the following indictment was found against Carpenter for obstructing Woodward Avenue in the city of Detroit: “ Wayne county, ss: — The grand jurors of'the people of the state of Michigan, inquiring in and for the body of the county of Wayne aforesaid, upon their oaths present, that on the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, was, and from thence hitherto there hath been, and still is, a certain common and public highway, commonly called.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the court,
Whipple, Ch. J.
By the act of congress of April 21, 1806, entitled “ An act to provide for the adjustment of titles to land in the town of Detroit and territory of Michigan, and for other purposes,” the governor and judges of the territory of Michigan, or any three of them, were authorized to lay out a town, including the whole of the old town of Detroit, &c.
The first question which naturally presents itself, is, whether the authority thus conferred was ever executed? To determine this question, we must necessarily refer to the acts of the governor and judges; and it is fortunate…
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