Collins v. City of Iowa Falls
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. — Hon. C. G. Lee, Judge. ' . This is an action for damages by an abutting property owner against the city resulting from bringing a street to the established grade, and thereby rendering tbe plaintiff’s residence inaccessible from such street. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, there was a directed verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The plaintiff was the owner of a- residence property in Iowa Falls, a city of the second class. This property , abutted upon College Street for a distance of one hundred and thirty-two feet. In 1894 a grade bad been established for tbe streets of the city by a purported ordinance. Such grade as so established for the street by said plaintiff’s property was about ten feet lower than the natural surface of plaintiff’s ground. Many years ago the street was excavated to the extent of three feet in depth and plaintiff’s property was improved with reference to such *307excavation, such improvement…
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- Wilber v. City of Fort DodgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
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