Polk County v. Brown

This case, wherein Polk County is plaintiff and appellee, and Clarence D. Brown and Bertha Brown are defendants and appellants, presents the question of whether the public’s rights in and to a highway easement have been lost by abandonment.

Polk County is a political subdivision of the State of Iowa and has jurisdiction and control of secondary roads in the county.

Defendants are the owners of Lot 5, Dawson Estate, in the Northeast Quarter (NE1^) of the Southeast Quarter (SE^/i) of Section 15, Township 78 North, Range 23, West of the 5th P.M., less roads.

We condense from the record and the…