Dobberstein v. Emmet County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Emmet District Court. — D. F. Coyle, Judge. Action to establish disputed corners and boundary lines. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and within a year thereafter, the defendants filed a petition for new trial, which was denied, and defendants appeal.. The facts, so far as they are material upon this appeal, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The principal corner over which this litigation has arisen is the common corner of Sections 7, 8, 17 and 18, Township 100, Range 34, in Emmet County. Plaintiff owns the north half of Section 18, and the defendants (except Emmet County) own, respectively, other tracts of land affected in some degree by the location of that corner. The county is made a party because of the fact that a public road is laid east and west along the line between Sections 7 and 18, and another road is also laid north and south between Sections 18 and 17. On the petition of plaintiff, a commissioner was appointed to…
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