Hendershott v. Moore
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Barry; Smith, J. Bill by Robert L. Hendershott against William Moore and others to enjoin a trespass. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Barry; Smith, J. Bill by Robert L. Hendershott against William Moore and others to enjoin a trespass. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The bill of complaint in this cáse sets out that in the year 1887 the complainant and one William E. Powers purchased from one John H. Williams, a small island known as “Williams Island,” containing about two acres and located in Gunn Lake, on the southeast quarter of section 32 in the township of Yankee Springs, Barry county. The value of said island is fixed in the bill of complaint at the sum of $100 and upwards. It is alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, C. J.
(after stating the facts). Upon the trial of said cause the complainant introduced much testimony tending to show acts of dominion over the disputed island and possession of the same consistent with its character. Defendants offered no testimony. A decree was rendered fixing title to said island in complainant and the heirs of William E. Powers, deceased, declaring defendants to be without any title *366or interest in said land, and permanently enjoining them from further trespassing thereon.
At the outset we are met with a question of jurisdiction. So fair as this record discloses, defendants…
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