Ridgway v. City of Osceola
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clarice District Court.— Hon. H. K. Evans, Judge. Action to recover damages for the vacation of a street and alley upon which plaintiff’s property abutted. Defendant demurred to the petition, and its demurrer was sustained. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
As the case was decided upon a demurrer to the petition, we must go to that petition for the facts. It is recited therein that plaintiff is the owner of parts of certain lots in the defendant city which were situated immediately south of the right of way of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Bailroad as it passed through the city. Plaintiff’s property is irregular in shape ‘because the railway right of way does not conform' to the other lines and boundaries of the property. The lots are twelve or fifteen feet in width on the west and one hundred and seventy feet wide on the east. They have. a…
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