Frost v. Rainbow
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shelby District Court — Hon. N. W. Macy, Judge. Action in equity to restrain the sale of certain land claimed by the plaintiff as a homestead. There- was a hearing on the merits, and a decree in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
In the year 1859, James M. Long, who then owned the northwest quarter of section 18, in township 79 north, of range 38 west, caused to be platted thereon what is known as Long’s Addition to Harlan.’’’ At that time Harlan was an unincorporated town. Nearly all the land included in the plat was subdivided into streets, alleys, blocks, and lots. The streets were sixty-six feet in width, excepting two, which were eighty feet. Most of the blocks were subdivided into twelve lots, each of which is about forty-four by one hundred and twenty feet in size. Three of the blocks surrounded by such lots…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Finley v. DietrickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
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