Farwell v. Des Moines Brick Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Polk District Court — Hon. S. F. Balliet, Judge. Action in equity, to set aside certain curbing and paying assessments, and the certificates issued thereon. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKjnne, J.
I. Prior to 1885, John A. Elliot owned the north fractional half of section 1, in township 78, range 24, west fifth p. m. Thereafter, the state fair grounds were located east of the city of Des Moines, and, for the purpose of affording ready access to the same, the board of supervisors, of Polk county, in 1885, established Gfrand avenue, as a consent road, one hundred and sixty feet wide, through said land. Several parcels of this land were platted by Elliot, and others, as additions to the city, and the balance *288was, in the fall of 1885, conveyed to J. W. McCabe, who, about three years later,…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Warren v. HenlySupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
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