Griffin v. Brown
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George Jepson, Judge. Action to restrain the defendant from trespassing on plaintiff’s land, and to ascertain and fix the true boundary line between the two parties. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
On the 13th day of October, 1899, the plaintiff purchased and still owns a piece of land which is described as follows: The south forty feet of lot 1, in block 9, in Higman’s addition to Sioux City. It appears that immediately after the purchase he took possession, had the same surveyed, and boundary lines pointed out; that thereafter he constructed a dwelling house on the portion of the lot so purchased, sowed the same to blue grass, and planted thereon certain trees; that this portion of lot 1 faced on Pierce street, which runs north and south; that the lot was on the west side of Pierce…
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