Ashman v. City of Des Moines

Center Street and Crocker Street in the city of Des Moines are parallel streets, and run east and west, Center Street being the next street south of Crocker Street. They intersect at right angles with Fourth and Fifth Streets, Fourth Street being the next street east of Fifth Street. About half way between Fourth and Fifth Streets there is a paved alley, running north from Center Street and intersecting with Crocker Street. Lying immediately to the north of Center Street, and between said alley and Fifth Street, is a tract of real' estate described as Lots 1 and 2, in Division 1 of G-rimmel’s…