Cornell v. Bickley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blackhawk District Court. — Hon. C. F. Couch, Judge. Action in equity to restrain the defendants from erecting the wall of a building partly on the land of the plaintiff. There was a full hearing on the merits of the case, and the injunction was ordered as prayed. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff is the owner of a subdivision of a lot in the city of Waterloo. The defendants are the owners of another subdivision of said lot adjoining that part owned by the plaintiff. The plaintiff erected a building on his part of the lot some nineteen years since. The building is two stories high, with a stairway on the outside extending from the rear of the building upward to the second story. The whole of the building, including the stairway, is on the land of the plaintiff. The defendant’s part of thé lot adjoins that of the plaintiff *220on the side…
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