Lynch v. Northwestern Laundry

I. The question for decision is whether the platted lot line of the properties in question, or a line a fraction over two feet east of the platted lot line, is the true divisional and boundary line of the properties.

*318Prior to 1880, a man by the name of Stone, and his wife, owned Lots 3 and 4 in Block 26, Campbell & McMullen’s Addition to Port Des Moines, now included within the city of Des Moines. The wife held title to Lot 3, and the husband had the title to Lot 4. In November, 1880, the Stones conveyed Lot 3 to W. W. Witmer, and in the same year, Witmer conveyed to Polk and Hubbell, and in…