Devin v. City of Ottumwa

i. bes adjtja§^dañtsC°" action This is a controversy involving the title to a tract of land which is described in the petition as follows: “ A parcel of land lying on the left bank of the Des Moines river, at Ottumwa, Iowa, bounded gou^jier][y. sai<j river, easterly by Court street, extended to the river, northerly by Front street, and westerly by Washington street, extended to the river.”

This property, with other real estate, was patented by the .' *462United. States to the county commissioners of Wapello county in 1844. The county commissioners, and other persons hereinafter referred to, laid…