Cotton v. Township of Castleton

Plaintiffs appeal from an adverse judgment, entered January 30,1970, declaring the rights of the respective parties to a strip of land 290 feet long. The strip of land was held to be a county road.

The strip of land in question is an extension of Cogswell Road in Barry County, the strip leading directly to the north shore of Thornapple Lake. No formal grant of the strip of land nor dedication for public highway purposes was ever made. There is no dispute over Cogswell Road except as to the final 290 feet ending at Thornapple Lake.

Cogswell Road does appear on a Barry County map, published in…