Carter v. City Council of Bluffs
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — 0. D. Wheeler, Judge. Action in equity for a writ of mandamus, in which action it is sought that the defendants, the duly elected, qualified and acting aldermen of the said city, be ordered and commanded to approve a plat, in the manner provided by Section 916 of the Code, 1897. —
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
porations : additions; statutory plats: council may not refuse to approve. . I. The question for our determination arises upon a ruling of the , ■ , ,. , , . trial court overruling a demurrer to plam- ,, . . . tiffs’ petition. Beview must, therefore, be ' confined to the legal effect of such allegations in the petition as the demurrer admits. What is thus admitted is that the plaintiffs are the unqualified owners in fee simple of described real i estate situated in Council Bluffs, Iowa;"that, prior to April 13, 1914, they caused said property to be laid off and platted as an addition to said…
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