Blanden v. City of Fort Dodge
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. B. P. Bird-ball, Judge. The plaintiff is owner of lots 4 and 5, in block 11, of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, fronting to the north, on Central avenue, one hundred and twenty feet, and to the west, on Tenth street, one hundred and forty feet, on which has been erected a large dwelling house.
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Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. B. P. Bird-ball, Judge. The plaintiff is owner of lots 4 and 5, in block 11, of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, fronting to the north, on Central avenue, one hundred and twenty feet, and to the west, on Tenth street, one hundred and forty feet, on which has been erected a large dwelling house. No grade was established on either of these streets before October, 1892. Prior to October fourth of that year, the defendant excavated and removed the earth and trees from Central avenue in front of these lots, and about two-thirds across the lots on Tenth street, leaving…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1 2 *4443 *443I. Three resolutions were adopted July 5, 1892, by the unanimous vote of the city council. The first resolution orders a grade to- be established on Central avenue, and the committee on streets and alleys is authorized to employ a competent engineer to establish such grade. The second and third resolutions provide that Central avenue shall be guttered and curbed .on both sides, and a sidewalk laid, at the expense of the abutting property owners. The first resolution is relied on, but can only be construed as 'directing a survey and measurements preparatory to the establishment of the…
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