Cook v. City of Burlington
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Homes District Cov/rt. . On the 14th day of May, 1868, the plaintiff filed in the Des Moines district court a petition alleging in substance that in pursuance of an act of congress passed July 2, 1836, and the act amendatory thereto of March 3, 1837, the city of Burlington was laid off into streets, etc., as by said act provided.
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Appeal from Des Homes District Cov/rt. . On the 14th day of May, 1868, the plaintiff filed in the Des Moines district court a petition alleging in substance that in pursuance of an act of congress passed July 2, 1836, and the act amendatory thereto of March 3, 1837, the city of Burlington was laid off into streets, etc., as by said act provided. That, according to the original plat and survey, lots, Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and so on in numerical order to High street are the extreme eastern lots in said city, and fronting on what is designated on the original map of said city as Front…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
l. Dedication : mentlmunioition!orpora" I. The question which first presents itself is as to the character of the interest possessed by the government in the strip of land lying between the lots abutting on Front street and the river, after the passage of the act of congress of’ July 2, 1836.
This act, having reference to the laying off of the city of Burlington, provides “ that a quantity of land of proper width, on the river bank at the town of Burlington, and running with the said river the whole length of said town, shall be reserved from sale (as shall also the public squares) for public…
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