Chase v. City of Sioux
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Action for damages to the plaintiff’s real estate, resulting from a change of grade in certain streets. A demurrer to. the petition was sustained. The plaintiff excepted, and, standing on his petition, and refusing to plead further, judgment was rendered against him for costs, and dismissing his action. He excepted and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
The plaintiff claims that he was and is the owner of certain lots situated in Rose Hill addition to the city of Sioux City, on Summit avenue and intersecting streets, between Sixteenth and Twenty-first streets; that, prior to the eighth day of April, 1890, the defendant, the city of Sioux City, had caused a grade to be established on said Summit avenue and *604intersecting streets, and had- caused said avenue and streets to be graded to the established grade, and caused the expense of said grading to be assessed as a lien upon the plaintiff’s said property; and that a large portion of said…
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