McCarl v. Clarke County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clarke District Court. — Hon. H. K. Evans, Judge. Action at law for damages because of tbe alleged vacation of a public highway. Trial to the court, without a jury. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPeeston, J.
This action was brought in 1912 under the law as it existed prior to the road laws of the Thirty-Fifth General Assembly. (Chapters 122, 123.) In 1911 one Barr owned a farm; the eighty acres of land to be described. He sold it to plaintiff, who owned and farmed it for the year 1912, when he sold it. Barr assigned his claim to the plaintiff. The court allowed $200 as damages, for depreciation in rental value of the land of $100 for each year.
The land is the S. E. % of the N. W. 14 and the N. E. % of the S. W. % °f Hie section. The buildings are on the *16east side of the land and halfway north and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Soper v. Henry CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Keyes v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- McCann v. Clarke CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Bembe v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
- Moffitt v. BrainardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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