Leonard v. Benton County

Arthur,- J.

I. Plaintiff was the owner of a 120-acre farm, 40 acres of which are situated in Benton County and 80 acres in Buchanan County. The county-line road in question cut plaintiff’s farm into two parts. The return of the writ, containing transcript of the records, disclosed facts as follows:

W. W. Long and 37 other petitioners filed in the office of the county auditor of Benton County, Iowa, their petition for the establishment of a highway 50 feet wide on the county line between Benton and Buchanan Counties, commencing at the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest…