Davis v. City of Clinton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court. Action of mandanms to compel the council of the city, of Clinton to move or have moved certain obstructions in an alleged public highway. Trial to the court. The relief asked was refused, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The pleadings are voluminous. It is deemed unnecessary to state at length the several allegations therein, because we think the case can be satisfactorily disposed of by considering the several grounds upon which counsel for appellant claims the judgment of the Circuit Court to be erroneous. It is conceded the hearing in this court can only be had upon the errors assigned. The material controverted question is, as to the existence of a highway at the place where it is alleged to be obstructed, sixty-six feet wide.
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