O'Callaghan v. Whisenand
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. S. F. Prouty, Judge. , . Action for possession of land. Verdict for defendant. From the judgment in defendant’s favor, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
Plaintiff and defendant respectively are the owners of adjoining business lots in the city of Des Moines, and the controversy between them is as to a strip of land extending the entire length of their common boundary, one and three-fourths inches wide at one end and three and three-eighths inches wide at the other. The difficulty grows out of conflicting surveys. Without going into the evidence in detail, it is sufficient to say that it tends to show the following state of facts: Defendant’s remote grantor, one Bird, in 1873 erected a permanent brick building on his lot, which adjoins…
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