Espy v. Town of Fort Madison

This cause was submitted to the court below, upon the following state of facts: “ By an act of the Legislature, the authorities of said town were authorized to ' extend the boundaries of said town. In pursuance of which act, the Mayor and Aldermen, by proper ordinance, extended the limits so as to embrace the lands described in plaintiff’s petition, which lands are unimproved, broken and hilly, and entirely outside the limits of any improvements of the town of Fort Madison as a town, nor were said lands laid out into lots or streets, or were there any improvements of any kind made upon the…