Newcomb v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Court. Action of light for the l’eeovery of a strip of land nine feet wide on the south end, and eleven feet wide on the north end, from the west side of lot eleven, in block six, in Inka, Tama county. Answer in denial. The cause was referred to D. D. Applegate to hear and determine the issues, upon the confirmation of whose report defendant had judgment for costs. Plaintiff appeals.’ The necessary facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Ch. J.
— Prom the evidence submitted with the ease it appears that, at the time the town of Iuka was laid out, an iron stake was placed at the south-west corner of block six, and that the surveyor measured'thence eastward, .along the south side of said block, twenty-five feet to a lot as long as they remained full in the rear, and when they eeased to be so full he measured the remainder in one lot, extending to the east line of the town.
Thus measured, the south half of block six is divided into eleven lots twenty-five feet wide, front and rear, and one lot thirty-five feet wide in front,…
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