City of Jefferson v. Eiffler

All other defendants joined in this action failed to answer and were in default. The documentary evidence was stipulated and there was no material conflict in the testimony of the witnesses. The evidence is voluminous. For the sake of brevity only those facts considered pertinent are recited.

The original plat of the village of Jefferson was recorded in 1838. It showed block 5 therein as consisting of eight lots, four on the east side of the block and four on the west, with a 16-foot alley down the center of the block from north to south.

“The commissioners who laid out and recorded said plat…