Snouffer v. Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. Wm. G. Thompson, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The facts essential to an understanding of this controversy may be stated as follows:
For many years prior to 1879, a public highway connected the 'cities of Oedar Eapids and Marion. Beginning as early at least as the year 1874, the property owners along that portion of said route now under consideration dedicated or attempted to dedicate additional land to the public for the use of said highway, making it 120 feet in width, and as thus enlarged such highway was thereafter known as “The Boulevard” and later as “First Avenue.” In the year 1879, a corporation formed for that purpose undertook…
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