Johnson v. Incorporated of Forest City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Winnebago District Court.— IIon. J. F. Clyde, Judge. Action for the severance of certain territory from the defendant town. The application is signed by plaintiff and practically all the people living upon the territory sought to be detached.
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Appeal from Winnebago District Court.— IIon. J. F. Clyde, Judge. Action for the severance of certain territory from the defendant town. The application is signed by plaintiff and practically all the people living upon the territory sought to be detached. The town resisted the application, on the ground that the territory was needed for the future growth of the municipality, that it needed police regulation ' and sanitary protection, and was' used for residential purposes by many business men of the town. On these issues the case was tried to the court, resulting in a judgment dismissing the…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The territory sought to be severed consists of 480 acres of land, being a tract one-fourth of a mile wide off of the east part of the defendant town. A part of *52this land has never been subdivided; but a large part of the east half of what is known as section 36, being the land nearest to the business part of the town, has been. This subdivision has been divided into tracts of from two and one-half to five acres in extent. Twenty-five or thirty families live upon these tracts, most of them using them purely for residential purposes and not for the purpose of obtaining a livelihood therefrom.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Christ v. City of Webster CitySupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Monk v. Incorporated Town of GeorgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Ashley v. Town of CalliopeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
3Cited by8 opinions
- Hanson v. City of CrescoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- McKeon v. City of Council BluffsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
- Lorimor v. Incorporated Town of LorimorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
- In re the Severance of Territory from the Town of Le RoySupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- In re Town of UnionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
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