Kuehl v. Town of Bettendorf
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — M. F. Donegan, Judge. This is a controversy over the boundary lines of plaintiff’s lots in the town of Bettendorf. The action is to quiet plaintiff’s title to a strip which defendant contends is a part of one of the streets of the town, and another strip which the town claims is an alley. The trial court dismissed plaintiff’s petition, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
I. Something like 60 years ago, a plat was made and filed by the then owners of a parcel of land near the city of Davenport, bounded on the south by what was called the Churchill farm, and on the north by what was called the Davenport and LeClaire road. There were also intersecting streets, running north and south between the blocks, known as Kossuth, Gem, and Moline Streets. There were four blocks, which varied in size: one had 22 lots, another 14, a third 16, and a fourth 18. The lots bearing the smaller numbers in each block, faced south, and abutted on the road; while those on the north,…
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