Bradford v. Fultz
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buena Vista District Court. — Hon. N. J. Lee, Judge. Action to enjoin the obstruction of a road and to restrain the defendant from interfering with the use of the same by the plaintiff. Plaintiff claims a dedication of the road to the public, or that the public had acquired a prescriptive right to the use of the road. Decree for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
That the situation of the locus -in quo and the relative position and relationship of the parties to the *688controversy may be understood, it is necessary that we first state a few facts concerning wbicb the evidence affords no controversy. ¥e herewith set out a plat showing the road and the land adjoining the same. In the discussion of the facts in this case, we will make reference to this plat.
In what would ordinarily have been described as the southwest quarter of section 9 there is but eighty acres. It borders on a lake which has a meandered shore line. It was therefore described in the…
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