Gallaher v. City of Jefferson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Greene District Court.— Hon. S. M. Ex wood, Judge. Pxaintiff is the owner of lot 1 in block 15, Gallaher’s Addition to the city of Jefferson, and for many years the same has constituted his homestead. The lot faces Oak street on the east, Maple street on the west, and State 'street extends along the side thereof, each street being eighty feet in width.
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Appeal from Greene District Court.— Hon. S. M. Ex wood, Judge. Pxaintiff is the owner of lot 1 in block 15, Gallaher’s Addition to the city of Jefferson, and for many years the same has constituted his homestead. The lot faces Oak street on the east, Maple street on the west, and State 'street extends along the side thereof, each street being eighty feet in width. Extending along State, street are two rows of shade trees — one in the street and six or seven feet from the lot line, and the other, two feet inside the .lot line — all such trees having been planted by plaintiff more than twenty…
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
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