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TYLER (Highway Comr., Dover) vs. BRIGGS (Highway Comr., Madison)

Michigan Supreme Court1891-05-20No. No. 11988
1 McGrath 1633

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Opinion

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Bor a mandamus to compel the vacation of an order discontinuing a highway.

Denied May 20, 1891.

An alleged highway existed between townships of Dover and Madison, but deflected into latter township to avoid a swamp., Respondent discontinued so much of said way as lay wholly within Madison. Answer denies that the deflected portion of the road was a town line road, but avers that it was opened and maintained by Madison.