Legal Opinion

City of Valley Junction v. McCurnin

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 23, 1917PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Polh District Gourt. — Hubert Utterback, J udge. Suit to enjoin the obstruction of an alleged street resulted in a decree as prayed. Defendants appeal. —

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

i. highways : es-dedication: evidence: suffieiency. I. Tliis is a suit to enjoin the obstruction of an alleged, highway by the erection of fences at each end of it. The building of the fences is conceded by defendant, but they insist that they never dedicated the strip of land in controversy as a highway, and that, if dedicated, there was no acceptance. One Murrow owned the northwest quarter of Section 11 in Township 78 North, Kange 25 West of the 5th P. M., and lying between the boundaries of the cities of Valley Junction and Des Moines. Through the settlement of Murrow’s estate, title to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Incorporated Town of Cambridge v. CookSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  2. Byerly v. City of AnamosaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
  3. Hunter v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Dugan v. ZurmuehlenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1927
  2. Kinsinger v. HunterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
  3. Iowa Loan & Trust Co. v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919

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