Bridges v. Incorporated Town of Grand View
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Hon. James D. Smvth. Judge. This is a controversy over the street line at the east end of lots, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, in block 22, Springer’s addition to the town of Grand View, in Louisa county. These lots front on Market street, and occupy about one-half the block, lying between Vermont and Monroe streets in said town.
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Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Hon. James D. Smvth. Judge. This is a controversy over the street line at the east end of lots, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, in block 22, Springer’s addition to the town of Grand View, in Louisa county. These lots front on Market street, and occupy about one-half the block, lying between Vermont and Monroe streets in said town. Defendants had served, notice upon plaintiffs to tear up and remove a sidewalk and fence along the front of these lots within twenty days from the giving of the notice; and plaintiffs brought this action to restrain the said defendants from…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiffs claim to have occupied up to a certain line between their lots and the street for many years; that this is the true line originally run in marking out Springer’s addition upon the ground; that they have title by reason of adverse possession; and that, in any event, defendants are estopped from claiming that the line which they now insist upon as the true one is not the one originally established, because with the knowledge of the town and its officials they have laid sidewalks, built fences, improved their properties, and located their houses with reference to the line claimed by…
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