SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP V PHILIP SORENSEN
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP,
UNPUBLISHED
February 8, 2000
Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant
and
DAN ELLIS and JENNIFER GINGLES,
Plaintiffs,
v
No. 211224
Kalkaska Circuit Court
LC No. 96-005782-CH
PHILIP SORENSEN and JACQUELINE
SORENSEN,
Defendants-Appellants/CrossAppellees.
Before: Markey, P. J., and Murphy and R. B. Burns*
MEMORANDUM.
Defendants appeal as of right, and plaintiff cross-appeals, from a judgment quieting title to a
small strip of land abutting Fife Lake over which defendants and plaintiff both claim sole ownership.
The trial court ruled that plaintiff township had acquired the northern half of the disputed strip through
adverse possession, but that the southern half of the strip remained defendants’ property. We affirm
and explicitly adopt the trial court’s well-reasoned opinion as our own. Kalkaska v Shell Oil Co, 157
Mich App 227, 230; 403 NW2d 474 (1986); Szluha v Avon Twp, 128 Mich App 402, 407; 340
NW2d 105 (1983); Wright v White Birch Park, 118 Mich App 639, 641; 325 NW2d 524 (1982).
Affirmed.
* Former Court of Appeals judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ William B. Murphy
/s/ Robert B. Burns
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