Moreland v. Page
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Dubuque District Court. This action was commenced by Moreland against Page, on the 8th day of April, 1854. The petition alleges that the plaintiff is the owner of the east half of the south-west quarter, and the west half of the south-east quarter of section four, in township ninety, north of range three west, and of right entitled to the possession of the same; that the northern boundary of said lands, is a line surveyed by Joel Bailey, as per diagram marked…
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Appeal from the Dubuque District Court. This action was commenced by Moreland against Page, on the 8th day of April, 1854. The petition alleges that the plaintiff is the owner of the east half of the south-west quarter, and the west half of the south-east quarter of section four, in township ninety, north of range three west, and of right entitled to the possession of the same; that the northern boundary of said lands, is a line surveyed by Joel Bailey, as per diagram marked “B,” that the defendant, Page, is in possession of so' much of said lands as lie between lines marked “ A. B.,” and “…
1Opinion of the CourtIsbell, J.
This was an action of right brought to settle the north boundary line of the east half of the south-west, and west half of the south-east quarters of section four, township ninety, north of range three, west of the fifth P.M. situate in Delaware county. Defendant is the adjoining owner on the north. A strip of land about three chains in width,, claimed by both parties, constitutes the subject of the controversy. The dispute grows out of the fact of the original survey of a large part of the northern two ranges of sections-in this township, having been either defectively or fraudulently made.…
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