City of Des Moines v. Dorr
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Qowrt. On. the 22d day of April, 1868, Hoyt Sherman, was the ownér of lots 5 and 6 in block 12 in' the city of Des Moines. These lots originally surveyed and platted were each 66 feet wide on Sixth street, runing west' 132 feet to an alley. Lot 5 was a corner lot, with a frontage of 66 feet on Sixth street and 132 feet on Walnut street. Lot 6 was the same size, with an alley along the north side.
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Appeal from Polk District Qowrt. On. the 22d day of April, 1868, Hoyt Sherman, was the ownér of lots 5 and 6 in block 12 in' the city of Des Moines. These lots originally surveyed and platted were each 66 feet wide on Sixth street, runing west' 132 feet to an alley. Lot 5 was a corner lot, with a frontage of 66 feet on Sixth street and 132 feet on Walnut street. Lot 6 was the same size, with an alley along the north side. Sherman subdividéd the two lots into lots of 22 feet in width on Walnut street, and 132 in length, and at the date •before mentioned leased one of said lots, being one-sixth…
1Opinion of the CourtMilker, J.
— The only question presented for our determination is whether the appellant, J. M. Dorr, is liable for the payment of the cost of constructing the sidewalk on Sixth street in front of the leased premises.
These premises were situated at the intersection of Sixth and Walnut streets, being a corner lot with twenty-two feet front on the latter street, and one hundred and thirty-two feet fronting on the former. It will thus be seen that the lot had two fronts, as every corner lot necessarily has, because its face is opposite to cmd fronts on two different streets., By the terms of the lease, the…
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