GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILROAD CO. v. BUTLER

No. 198.

159 U.S. 87 (1895)

GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA RAILROAD COMPANY v. BUTLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.J. O'Brien for plaintiffs in error submitted on his brief.

Mr. Willard F. Keeney, (with whom was Mr. Roger W. Butterfield on the brief,) for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The fractional north half of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 7 north, range 12 west, is located on the east bank of Grand River, and early in 1831 that part of the town lying east of the river was surveyed and subdivided, and the east bank of the river was meandered and surveyed. In 1837 the west bank of the river was meandered and surveyed, as were also four islands in the stream, designated...

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