Town of Mt. Vernon v. Young
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Gowrt.— Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge. Action in equity to quiet the title of the plaintiff town to certain land claimed to have been dedicated to the public as a street. Decree for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
On November 22, 1860, Samuel K. Young' was the owner of a triangular tract of land in the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 10, township 82, range 5, within the limits of the present town of Mt. Vernon. ' The lands adjoining this tract on the east and on the south and southwest had prior to that time been platted into blocks, lots, and streets. On the date named Mr. Young caused said tract to be platted as an addition to the town of Mt. Vernon, and filed a map of the survey in the office of the recorder of the county. The map, as it appears of…
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