Walker v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc District Court. — Hon. Charles S. Bradshaw, Judge. Suit to set aside an ordinance vacating a street, and to enjoin its use for the storage of city machinery, resulted in a decree dismissing plaintiffs’ petition. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The plaintiffs have title, as trustees, to lot 3 and the south thirty-two and one-half feet of lot 2, in block 1, East Des Moines, now within the limits of the city of Des Moines, but several blocks from the business portion of the city. These lots are about one hundred twelve and one-half feet on First street, running north and south, and lot 3 lies -along Des Moines street on the south, which commences at a narrow strip of land along the east side of the Des Moines river, known as “Water Power Place,” and runs to the east. “Water Power Place” also forms the west boundary of the lots. That…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- City of Marshalltown v. ForneySupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
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