Ludington & Northern Railway v. Epworth Assembly

In 1916, Epworth Assembly (Epworth) (defendant) conveyed strips of land to Ludington & Northern Railway (Ludington) (plaintiff) for railroad purposes, with one deed providing the land would revert to Epworth if it ceased railroad use for a year or more; Ludington stopped running trains in 1981 but continued maintaining the tracks, while Epworth, believing the land had reverted, made various alterations to it. In 1988, Ludington sued for a declaration of the parties' interests, and the trial court found Ludington held fee title with Epworth's reversionary interest extinguished under Michigan law.