Dwight v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — W. H. McHenry, Judge. Action to quiet title and to restrain the defendant from Maiming title to or interest in certain land. Plaintiff bases his right to the land on a claim of adverse possession for the statutory period. Judgment and decree for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
The plaintiff alleges:
1. That, on March 15, 1905, he purchased and had conveyed to him by warranty deed the following described premises, situated in the city of Des Moines: The East % of the Northeast % of the Southwest % of the Southeast Section 31, Township 79 North, Range 24 West of 5th P. M., excepting the north 133 feet thereof.
2. That thereafter, Waveland Place, an official plat of the east 100 acres of the Southeast quarter of Section 31, above *179described, was platted, and the land purchased by the plaintiff became subsequently Lot 2 of said Waveland Place.
3. That since said time above…
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