Schauland v. Schmaltz

The plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, own Lot 6 of Orange Street Addition to the city of Muscatine. Adjoining it on the north is Lot 5 of the same addition, title to which is in defendant Gremmell and which is sold to defendants Schmaltz, husband and wife, through an installment payment contract.

The controversy here concerns a strip about four and one-half feet wide lying along the boundary between the two lots. According to a survey made at the instance of defendant Grem mell this tract is a part of Lot 5 by proper measurements. But for many years there has existed along the north line…