Legal Opinion

Tice v. Shangle

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided September 29, 1917PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Henry Silwold, Judge. This action involves the right to maintain a dividing line between tracts of land owned by the parties, respectively, bas'ed' bn the theory of acquiescence. The opinion states the facts. Decree in the district court dismissing plaintiff’s petition. —

1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.

The plaintiff’s and the defendant’s lands adjoin. The plaintiff is the owner of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, and the defendant is the owner of the Northeast Quarter of the same section. It is apparent, therefore, that the true government line dividing the plaintiff’s land from the defendant’s should pass north and south through the center of the section. The plaintiff’s claim, however, is that, many years ago, a fence was erected, running north and south, dividing plain*602tiff’s land from the defendant’s; that this fence has been acquiesced in as the line dividing their…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Miller v. Mills CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  2. Griffin v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
  3. Addis v. ApplegateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  4. McGovern v. HeerySupreme Court of Iowa · 1913

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Carstensen v. BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Evert v. TurnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  3. Taylor v. OlmsteadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925
  4. Hughes v. RhinehartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920
  5. Downing v. GlassburnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925

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