Michigan Supreme Court April 30, 1907, Docket No. 225 (Robson v. Commissioner of State Land Office)

lead-opinion

Hooker, J.

Section 1, Act No. 239, Laws of 1863, provides “that for the purpose of securing the completion” of a “State road,” therein named and described, “ there shall be and hereby is appropriated to the counties of Houghton * * * 1,280 acres of swamp lands per each mile on said road, to be expended under the authority and by the direction of the board of supervisors, * * * the