Legal Opinion
Allamakee County v. Collins Trust
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 9, 1999No. 98-193PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
Allamakee County appeals from a ruling by the district court in a declaratory judgment action finding it abandoned all but twenty-two feet of its right of way for a county road. We reverse and remand.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
The dispute in this case arose after the owner of land claimed the County abandoned the outer portions of a right of way to a county road passing through the land. The landowner claimed the County abandoned the portion of the right of way not actually used as a roadway.
Collins Trust is a family trust which' owns a substantial amount of land along…
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