Legal Opinion
MacErich Real Estate Co. v. City of Ames
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 21, 1988No. 87-1754PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
This is an action to quiet title to a strip of abandoned railroad land in Story County. The contestants are, on one hand, two adjoining landowners, Macerich Real Estate Company and Midwest Centers, to whom we will refer collectively as Mace-rich. These parties claim title to the former railroad property by reason of Iowa Code sections 327G.76 and .77 (1985). The City of Ames, on the other hand, claims title through a quitclaim deed from the railroad. The district court quieted title in the adjoining landowners, and the city appealed. We affirm.
The issues are (1) the nature of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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