Diamond Jo Line Steamers v. City of Davenport
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. P. B. Wolee, J udge. This proceeding was .originally instituted by the city of Davenport to condemn certain real estate belonging to defendants for a wharf and public landing. Commissioners were duly appointed, who appraised the damages, against the protest of the Diamond Jo Line Steamers, and the land was taken by the city. The steamer company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
*4331 *432The Diamond Jo Line Steamers is a corporation organized for pecuniary profit under the general corporation acts of the sítate. The nature of its business, as stated in its articles, *433is “the transporting of persons and property on the Mississippi river and tributaries and the storage and forwarding of property.” It owns jointly with the estate of one Diehard Gray, deceased, a tract of land in the city of Davenport 20S foot wide on Front street, and extending south 148 feet, at which point it widens to the west 20 feet, and thence extends further south the full width, of 228 feet to “low-water…
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