Town of Cherokee v. S. C. & I. F. Town Lot & Land Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth Oireuit Goiort. This is a proceeding to assess tbe damage sustained by defendant on account of a street laid off by plaintiff upon land owned by defendant. There was a judgment for defendant for tbe sum of $150, and for part of tbe costs of tbe proceedings. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
I. The petition was filed in tbe Cherokee Circuit Court under Code, section 476, asking that tlie com*280pensation to which defendant may be entitled for the location of a street upon its land may be determined. An answer was filed denying that the street is a public necessity and demanded by the public interest and welfare. It also avers that the land has been laid off into town lots and duly platted and dedicated as an addition to the town of Cherokee; that the proposed street will pass diagonally across the addition and greatly diminish its value; that the street is wholly…
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