Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. Co. v. Incorporated Town of Britt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hancock District Court. — Hon. P. W. Burr, Judge. Suit in equity to quiet title to certain land used by tbe plaintiff a® a right of way and 'depot grounds within what is now the incorporated town of Britt.
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Appeal from Hancock District Court. — Hon. P. W. Burr, Judge. Suit in equity to quiet title to certain land used by tbe plaintiff a® a right of way and 'depot grounds within what is now the incorporated town of Britt. The town answered, 'denying the ownership in plaintiff of certain strips of land crossing the said right of way and depot grounds; claiming that these strips were dedicated to and accepted by the town a.nd the public as streets and alley®. The trial court quieted plaintiff’s title to certain parts of the land, but, as to' other parts of it, held that it constituted a part of the…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
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*2045. *199— On the tenth day of January, 1879, John E. Anderson and1 wife made what purports to* be a *200plat of certain lands in Hancock county, calling the same “Anderson’s Second Addition to the Town of Britt.” Thereafter, and on the tenth day of June, 1880, one Lattimore made a plat of lands, immediately adjoining the Anderson tract, on the east. On the seventh day of September, 1880, Anderson and wife conveyed, by metes and bounds, and .without reservation, a strip of land running from northeast to southwest through his said second addition, to appellant’s grantors. This strip crosses what…
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