570 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



by a telephone company whose wires occupy the highway. — 

 Boland v. Washtenaw Home Telephone Co., lGl/315. 

 bJl^oVuse ^ 4-183. Sec. 7. All trees standing or lying on any land 



of owner. ovcr wliich auy higliwaj' shall be laid out, shall be for the 

 proper use of the owner of such land or person otherwise 

 entitled thereto, except such of them as may be requisite to 

 make or repair the highways or bridges on the same land, 

 or within one mile of the same; but no trees reserved for 

 shade or ornament shall be used for such purposes. 



The owner of the land through which a highway passes 

 is the owner of the soil and the timber, except what is neces- 

 sary to make bridges, or is otherwise required to make the 

 road passable and may maintain trespass for digging into 

 or removing the soil, grass or timber, except when needed for 

 the use of the highway. The public have simply the right 

 of passage over the highway. — Williams v. M. C. R. Co., 

 2/259. 



