Lacy v. City of Oskaloosa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaslca District Court.- — Hon. W. G. Clements, Judge. Action in equity to restrain the defendant city and its officers from removing certain hitching posts or racks which have been planted and maintained along the street lines bordering a public park. The petition was by the district court dismissed, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The site of the town of Oskaloosa was *706platted in the year 1844 by the commissioners of Mahaska County, who for that purpose made entry of the land, which was then a part of the public domain. The town was incorporated in the year 1853 and is now a city of about 12,000 inhabitants. Near the center of the tract there was platted a block of land designated as a “public square.” This - square constitutes a rectangle measuring two hundred and fifty-six and one-half feet on each side and is bounded by public streets each eighty feet in width. The county courthouse faces the square from the opposite…
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