Legal Opinion
Hansell v. Massey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 9, 1953No. 48296PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOliver, J.
August 10, 1950, the Board of Supervisors of Decatur County vacated a secondary road, forty feet wide, commencing at the “center of Section 8, Township 69, Range 25, and running thence South % of a mile to the Northeast corner of the SE N¥ of Section 17, Township 69, Range 25.” This was done under the provisions of chapter 306, Code of Iowa, 1950, upon the petition of appellee-Hansell who owned all the land abutting thereon.
July 10, 1951, the Board adopted a resolution rescinding such vacation. Thereupon appellee - instituted this certiorari proceeding in district court, alleging the Board…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Miller v. SchenckSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
- Heery v. RobertsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Magdefrau v. Washington CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
- Leonard v. Benton CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
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