Dotson v. City of Ames

At all times material the plaintiff was the owner of 48.65 acres of land lying immediately west of, and outside, the city limits of the defendant-City; and of 28.20 acres immediately adjoining to the east, and so within the city limits. In the southeast corner of the latter tract, inside but immediately adjacent to the south corporation line of the city, the plaintiff had a fenced enclosure .625 acres in extent, in which he kept two horses. This enclosure was fully sodded and contained nothing offensive or objectionable except as the presence of animals might render it so.

At this time there…