Legal Opinion

Davis v. Pickerell

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided July 9, 1908PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Mahaska District Court.— Hon. K. E. Wil-cocksoN, Judge. The plaintiff appeals from a ruling by which a demurrer to his petition was sustained. — ■

1Opinion of the Court

Ladd, C. J.—

*187i. Highways: catti^way ”d cation. *186Plaintiff is owner of the W. % of the N. W. % and the N. W. % S. W. % of section 21 in town*187ship 74 N. range 17 W. of fifth P, M. Between these tracts is a-public highway under the surface of which about twenty-five years ago, he constructed a causeway three feet wide and fourteen feet long, through which his stock passed from, the south forty acres to the land north of the road. This was by permission of the board of supervisors of the county, orally given, and was continued until 1906, when, becoming unsuitable for the purpose, owing to drainage…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gould v. SchermerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  2. Chase v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Elzig v. BalesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  4. Overhouser v. American Cereal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  5. Patterson v. VailSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. . MalpassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  2. Koehler v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  3. State v. MalpassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  4. Davis v. LaughlinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  5. Harbacheck v. Moorland Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1929

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