Dawson v. Falls City Boat Club
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; Steere, J. Ejectment by Carrie Dawson against the Falls City Boat Club, Eben S. Wheeler, and Clara P. Wheeler. A judgment for plaintiff was affirmed by this court (125 Mich. 433), and defendants demanded a statutory second trial, resulting in a judgment for plaintiff, which was reversed on error (136 Mich. 259). A third trial having resulted in a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Upon a former trial of this case (125 Mich. 433) it was a debated question whether the strip of land, the subject of the controversy, was in fact a part of private land claim No. 106, for which plaintiff had the paper title, or of private land claim No. 105, paper title for which was in defendant Wheeler. Upon the last trial" the defendants based their defense upon the fact of adverse possession of said strip. The declaration describes two parcels of land — one a triangular strip 617.8 feet long and 15 feet wide at its base, extending from Portage, avenue north to the shore line, so called;…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dawson v. Falls City Boat ClubMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
3Cited by1 opinion
- Township of Pontiac v. FeatherstoneMichigan Supreme Court · 1947