Uptagraff v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Diclcinson District Court. — Hon. W. B. Quarton, Judge. Action in equity to quiet in the plaintiff the title to certain-real estate which had once been platted as streets. There was. a hearing on the merits, and a decree in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKobinson, J.
In September, 1882, the plaintiff platted Uptagraff’s addition to Minnewaukon Beach, and the plat was duly recorded. It included two streets, named, .respectively, “Fourth Street” and “Fifth Street,” which were • dedicated to public use. These streets are alleged to have Ibeen unnecessary and useless. On the nineteenth day of August, 1885, the plaintiff filed for record a second plat, which she had executed, and which purported to vacate those streets, and they were re-platted and numbered as lots. The •plaintiff asks to have the title to that property quieted in her because of the vacation,…
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