Cowles v. Gray
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Alamalcee District Court. On the third day of February, 1852, John Haney purchased of the school fund commissioners of Alamalcee county, the land upon which the' town of Lansing, in said county, is situated, the legal title of which was conveyed to the said Haney, by the Governor of the State, on the 22d of March following.
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Appeal from Alamalcee District Court. On the third day of February, 1852, John Haney purchased of the school fund commissioners of Alamalcee county, the land upon which the' town of Lansing, in said county, is situated, the legal title of which was conveyed to the said Haney, by the Governor of the State, on the 22d of March following. Prior to this, on the 80th day of December, 1851, the said Haney, and one H. H. Haughton, laid off and had platted, acknowledged, and subsequently recorded, what they were pleased to designate section No. 1 of the town of Lansing, consisting of twelve blocks,…
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, J.
The judgment below should be reversed. One or two errors clearly and unmistakably mark the proceeding under which it was rendered.
At the request of the plaintiff, the court, in substance, charged the" jury, that if a town is laid off on a tract of land bordering on the Mississippi river, and the surveyed plat or map thereof does not show any land between said town plat and the river, still, should there be such a strip, it is in law dedicated to the public, for the purpose of a water street to a town on the river.
Again, in the case supposed, if there is in fact a strip of land not exceeding…
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