Strayer v. Stone
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, CUmton Circuit Court. E. M. Davis was the owner of a tract of land near the city of. Clinton, through which a public road„ was located. He sold and conveyed to the plaintiff a part of said land which he claimed was sitaated upon one side of the road. It was understood between Davis and the plaintiff that the road was sixty feet wide, and one half of it was to be on the land purchased by plaintiff.
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Appeal from, CUmton Circuit Court. E. M. Davis was the owner of a tract of land near the city of. Clinton, through which a public road„ was located. He sold and conveyed to the plaintiff a part of said land which he claimed was sitaated upon one side of the road. It was understood between Davis and the plaintiff that the road was sixty feet wide, and one half of it was to be on the land purchased by plaintiff. In March, 1868, the plaintiff surveyed and platted his land, and had the plat recorded under the name of “ Strayer’s addition to the city of Clinton.” There was but one block of fifteen…
1Opinion of the CourtRotiirock, J.
The cause is triable anew in this court. The agreed abstract is voluminous, and the arguments are elaborate and exhaustive. In addition to the abstract certain plats have been filed in this court for examination in connection with the evidence. A careful investigation of the case has led us to the following conclusions which we will state as briefly as may be without a discussion of the evidence.
I. The land in controversy, at the time it was surveyed and platted, was not within the corporate limits of the city of Clinton, and from the recorded plat submitted for our examination we incline to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Upson v. FullerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
3Cited by7 opinions
- Davis v. City of ClintonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. SmythSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- West v. WestSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Noble v. TrumpSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- Dallas Real Estate Co. v. GrovesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
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