Stew-Mc Development, Inc. v. Fischer

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we must decide the timeliness of various cross-appeals filed by the parties seeking to challenge a district court ruling that the plaintiffs possessed only a limited easement in connection with certain real estate located in Dubuque County and rejecting a counterclaim for abuse of process. For the reasons expressed below, we find the cross-appeals timely filed. On the merits of the easement and abuse-of-process claims, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

This case requires us to travel back in time to 1888, when Anton…