Clark v. Campau
Decision Date | 26 October 1869 |
Citation | 19 Mich. 325 |
Court | Michigan Supreme Court |
Parties | John P. Clark v. Edward Campau et al |
Heard October 21, 1869 [Syllabus Material]
Case made from Wayne Circuit.
This was an action of trespass brought in Justice's court for trespass upon land. Plea, with notice that the title to land would come in question, was interposed, and the case certified to the Circuit Court under the statute.
The declaration was in the usual form. The issue was tried bye the Court without a jury. All the facts being stipulated, and at plaintiff's request, the Court made a special finding as follows:
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Upon facts as stipulated, the Court found the following conclusions of law:
The Court found the defendants not guilty; the case is settled, signed and certified to this Court in accordance with the statute, at the request of plaintiff.
Judgment affirmed with costs.
D. C. Holbrook, for plaintiff.
H. M. & W. E. Cheever, for defendant.
Clark and Campau being adjoining land owners on Detroit River, the former claims title to certain land under water extending diagonally across Campau's front, upon the ground that the rights in the water are to be determined by the direction of the boundaries on land. The division line between the two runs in such a direction that Clark's land widens and Campau's narrows as the lots approach the shore, and...
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