Monroe Lodge No. 8 v. Albia State Bank
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court. — Hon. Bobert Sdoan, Judge. Action to recover $500, alleged to be one-half the value ■of a wall in common erected by the plaintiff, and now used by the defendant. The case was tried to the court, and at the resquest of counsel the court made special findings as to the facts. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $377.72|-. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
'Given, J.
I. There is no dispute but that the facts ■are as found by the courts. The following is a sufficient statement of the facts for the purposes of the questions to be con*488sidered: These parties are corporations, and owned contiguous building lots, that have been surveyed and platted, and the plat recorded. During the year 1893 the plaintiff erected a three-story brick building, with stone foundation, on its lot, and, under the right given in the statute (Code, section 2994), erected the north wall substantially on the line between the lots — one-half on each side thereof. There-is a…
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