Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. Tower Motor Truck Co.

The original plat of the city, then village, of Greenville, known as Rutan’s plat, was recorded in the register of deeds’ office in Montcalm county on May 31, 1856. It included lands on sections 9 and 10 in town 9 north, range 8 west. The line between these sections appeared on the plat as Lafayette street. It was 4 rods in width. Clay street, 4 rods wide, lies 24 rods east of Lafayette, and Webster street, the eastern boundary of the plat, 8 rods wide, was 23 rods east of Clay. The land to the east, of Webster street was afterwards platted by what is known as Edwards’ addition.

On April 9,…