Christopherson v. Incorporated Town
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Winnebago District Court. — J. J. Clark, Judge. This is a controversy over tbe boundary lines of plaintiff’s property in the town of Forest City.
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Appeal from Winnebago District Court. — J. J. Clark, Judge. This is a controversy over tbe boundary lines of plaintiff’s property in the town of Forest City. The defendant claims that plaintiff’s fences, trees, etc., are out in the streets which are on three sides of her property, and that a public alley to the south thereof has been completely enclosed by her; and, as defendant was threatening to open said alley and to remove her fences, she brought this action to quiet her title in all the property claimed by her, and to enjoin defendant from opening the alley, or from in any way…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
i. municipal coestreets°ajrfci: aipe^sessÍonr:Se cepíaeafcatión: estoppei. The ground upon which the original town of Forest City is located was platted in September of the year 1856. By the terms of dedication, the lots in question were 132 feet lonS by 66 feet in width, the streets were 66 feet and the alleys 33 feet in width, and the “relative situation of lots, streets and alleys shown by plat, corners desiguated as the law directs.” On this plat is shown what is known as Block 60, bounded on the east by Eighth Street, on the north by I Street, and on the south by G Street. There was a…
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