Bangert v. Osceola County

SCHULTZ, Justice.

Historical facts concerning the settlement of extreme northwest Iowa are a vital and interesting portion of the record in this trespass action. Plaintiffs seek damages against Osceola County for the wrongful removal of trees standing along a half-mile stretch of county roadway. In 1873 pioneers William and Mary Foster traveled by covered wagon to their homestead and built a sod hut on a flat and treeless plain. As a condition for the receipt of a patent to 160 acres of land from the United States, they were required to plant ten acres of trees. At the same time, the Fosters…