Schofield v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Calhoun District Court.— Hon. Z. A. Church, Judge. Suit in equity to compel defendants to remove obstructions placed by them in a ditch running along the side of a highway between Webster and Calhoun counties. The trial court granted the relief prayed, and defendants appeal.—
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, J.—
Plaintiff is the owner of the S. E. one-fourth of the S. W. one-fourth of section 31, in Webster county, Iowa, and defendants Cooper of the N. W. óne-fourth of the N. W. one-fourth of section 2, in Calhoun county. These lands are separated by a highway which runs east and west between the two counties. As this highway is a correction line, the north and south lines of the two tracts do not exactly correspond. Plaintiff’s west, line is some distance west óf defendants’ west line, and the east lines of the two tracts show the same divergence. However, for all practical purposes we…
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