Crapo v. Cameron
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines Circuit Court. This is an action to recover compensation for one-half of an alleged wall in common, and for one-half of the ground upon which it rests. The cause was tried to the court, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for $510. The defendant appeals. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Ch. J.
— In 1858 or 1859, one Leffler owned the west forty feet of the east half of lot 193 in the city of Burlington, and erected thereon a fourTstory brick building, known as the Armstrong building, extending back sixty feet. The adjoining lot west belonged to the defendant, then a minor, and his guardian had leased it for a term of years to A. J. Cooper, who erected thereon a two-story brick, fastening the joists and beams in the Armstrong wall, and making that answer the purpose of his east wall. Shortly after this, Armstrong purchased the Leffler property, and owned and occupied it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Grube v. WellsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
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