Hawkeye Life Insurance v. Munn

This controversy arises chiefly because of a mistake in the description of appellants’ property, which mistake seems not to have been discovered by the owners or the public authorities until shortly before this controversy arose.

On December 22, 1924, the city of Des Moines issued a special assessment certificate, known throug’hout the record as No. 2701%, for street improvements previously made. This certificate came into the hands of appellee and affords the basis of this controversy. In the certificate the property to be charged was the south 80 feet of the north 105 feet of the east 145…