Legal Opinion

Lamoreaux v. Creveling

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 4, 1895PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to Kent. (Adsit, J.) Ejectment. Plaintiff brings error. The facts, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

Plaintiff and the deceased, Lyman D. Swan, were owners of adjacent parcels of farm land. Plaintiff sued in ejectment for a small, triangular piece, which he claims to have shown to be a part of the government subdivision owned by him. Judgment was entered for the defendant, and, the proceedings having been revived in the name of the administrator, the case comes before ns on exceptions to the findings of fact and law.

It appears that a fence has been maintained, which has inclosed the land in dispute with that of Swan, for many years, and the circuit judge held that defendant had acquired…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Burns v. MartinMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Sanscrainte v. TorongoMichigan Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Gildea v. WarrenMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Johnston v. MastersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  3. Klimkiewicz v. Westminster Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  4. Nelson v. StewartMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Crusoe Bros. v. KudnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1904

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