Legal Opinion

Cassens v. Meyer

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 8, 1912PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Keokuk District Court. — Hon. K. E. Wilkockson, Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin interference with a private roadway. There was a decree for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.

The parties are adjacent landowners. Their *188controversy is over a private roadway along a partition line. The roadway in question extends north and south. It is twenty-four feet wide and one hundred and sixty rods in length. It connects the buildings and improvements upon plaintiff’s farm with the public highway. Only the west half — that is, the west twelve feet — of the roadway is in controversy, being that portion thereof lying on the west side of the partition line. The plaintiff became the purchaser of the farm and improvements now referred to, about two years before this controversy…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Karmuller v. KrotzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
  2. Winston v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  3. Lathrop v. ElsnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Lidgerding v. ZignegoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
  5. Teachout v. Capital Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd-fellowsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Culver v. ConverseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  2. Presbyterian Church v. HarkenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  3. McDonnell v. SheetsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
  4. Stuart v. LarrabeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
  5. Webb v. ArterburnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954

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