Stevenson v. Robuck
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marion District Court. — Lorin N. Hays, Judge. Suit to quiet title to a strip of land and obtain possession thereof. In defense, defendant pleaded ownership, acquiescence and adverse possession. On hearing, the petition was dismissed, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1. Boundaries : acquiescence: long continued recognition: effect. I. The plaintiff owns the SW14 and the W% SE]4 of Section 1 in Township 94 North, of Range 20 West of the 5th V. M., and the defendant, the N% NE]4 of Section 12 in the same township. The issue is whether a strip of land 180 feet wide at the quarter section line north and south, and 90 feet wide at the quarter quarter section line to the east, and therefore 80 rods long, belongs to plaintiff, as a part of the W>/> SE]4 of Section 1, or to defendant, as part of the N% NE1/] of Section 12. The southeast corner of Section 1 is not…
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