Anderson v. Acheson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court.— Hon. H. Bank, Jr*, Judge. Action in ejectment and for damages. Judgment as prayed, from which defendants appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The city of Keokuk acquired a tract of land, and platted it for cemetery purposes. It provided by ordinance for the sale and conveyance of the lots for places of burial, “ subject to such conditions and regulations and at such prices as the city council shall prescribe by ordinance or otherwise,” and enacted that: “ Every lot shall be used by the proprietor only for the purposes aforesaid, shall be indivisible, and shall not be conveyed by the owner out of his family, after an interment has been made thereon, unless to the city, or unless the bodies have been previously removed therefrom, and…
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