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Village of Elberta v. City of Frankfort

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 6, 1956No. Docket 50, Calendar 46,973PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.

We are asked, in this case, to reverse a decree determining that an uninhabited peninsula separating Lake Michigan from Lake Betsie in Benzie county, belonging entirely to the Ann Arbor Bail-road. company, lies within the corporate limits of Elberta village (formerly a part of Gilmore township) and is not a part of the city of Frankfort. The peninsula extends in a northwestward direction between the 2 lakes and is a part of fractional section 28. Its boundary on land is the east line of section 28, which east line is the west line of adjacent section 27.

The principal question is whether a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Michigan v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Arkansas v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Village of Kingsford v. CudlipMichigan Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Vermont v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Presque Isle Prosecuting Attorney v. Township of RogersMichigan Supreme Court · 1945

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. La Porto v. Village of PhilmontNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. City of Whiting v. City of East Chicago & Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Town of Ruston v. City of TacomaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1998
  4. Auditor General v. KlenkMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Auditor General v. KlenkMichigan Supreme Court · 1968

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