Vincent v. City of Kalamazoo

On July 35, 1894, James Carrol conveyed to the complainant, by warranty deed, the following parcel of land in the city of Kalamazoo, viz.:

“That part of lot number 333 commencing 36J feet from the south curbstone, the same being 31 feet from the center, of Water street; * * * running thence east 66 feet; thence north 36& feet; thence west 66 feet; thence south to place of beginning,—and containing the land therein, except that set apart for sidewalk purposes.”

*231Previous to this time, and from 1864 to 1893, when the building was destroyed by fire, the curbstone was distant 10 feet from the side…