MACKINAC ISLAND DEV. CO., LTD. v. BURTON ABSTRACT & TITLE CO.

Docket No. 68008.

132 Mich. App. 504 (1984)

349 N.W.2d 191

MACKINAC ISLAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LTD. v. BURTON ABSTRACT & TITLE COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Terrence P. Grady and Russell E. Prins, Assistants Attorney General, for State of Michigan.

Stroup, Brown & Mulhauser, P.C. (by Nathanial W. Stroup and Charles W. Johnson), for Burton Abstract and Title Company.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, P.C. (by Stephen J. Tresidder), for Humbard Christian Development Center, Inc.

Before: V.J. BRENNAN, P.J., and SHEPHERD and E.A. QUINNELL, JJ.


SHEPHERD, J.

The principal issues raised in this appeal relate to the nature and sufficiency of proof required to establish a claim of adverse possession against a cotenant and against the State of Michigan. We hold that a claim of adverse possession may be made against the state and that the proofs in this case were sufficient to establish the claim.1

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