Livermore v. City of Maquoketa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Jackson District Court. This is a suit in equity, brought by the plaintiff, in September, 1867, alleging that he was the owner of a certain square or block, in Maquoketa, known as Livermore square, and that the defendant was setting up some claim to it; and asking that his title be quieted and the defendant enjoined from claiming it or exercising any acts of ownership over it.
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Appeal from, Jackson District Court. This is a suit in equity, brought by the plaintiff, in September, 1867, alleging that he was the owner of a certain square or block, in Maquoketa, known as Livermore square, and that the defendant was setting up some claim to it; and asking that his title be quieted and the defendant enjoined from claiming it or exercising any acts of ownership over it. The defendant, by answer, denied the plaintiff; ’s title and claims, and by cross-petition, averred that defendant was the owner, by virtue of a dedication to the public by the plaintiff, and ashed that its…
1Opinion of the Court
Oole, J. •
- The leading facts of this case are these : On the 1st day of October, 1850, the plaintiff, Zalmon Liver-more, John E. Goodenow and Alonzo Spaulding, being the owners in severalty of three contiguous tracts of land, joined together and laid the same off into blocks and lots, streets and alleys, and had the same platted, acknowledged and recorded, as a plat of the town of Maquoketa. In the survey and platting of the town, all the lands were laid off into blocks or lots and numbered in regular order, except that on the tract owned by Goodenow, a certain portion was known as Academy…
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