Legal Opinion

Ressegieu v. City of Sioux City

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 17, 1895PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. Soott M. Ladd, Judge. Action to recover damages by reason of a change in the grade of a "street. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.

I. This cause was tried to the court upon the following agreed statement of facts, a jury being waived: “That the plaintiff is and was the owner in fee simple of all that portion of lots 10,11, and 12 in ■block 43 in Sioux City proper as stated in plaintiff’s petition; that on the 16th day' of June, 1882, the defendant, the city of Sioux City, by its council, passed an .ordinance which, among other things, established a .grade upon West Third street, in front of plaintiff’s said property; that said grade so established was from four to five feet higher than the then surface of said *544street…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kepple v. City of KeokukSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Farmer v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  2. Buser v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
  3. York v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  4. Vilas v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  5. McDonald v. City of De PereWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959

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