Snyder v. Fort Madison Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. H. Bank, Judge. Action in equity to enjoin the maintaining of a trolly pole in front of the dwelling house of the plaintiffs. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant for costs. The plaintiffs appeal. —
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
*2851 *284— The material facts alleged in the petition, and admitted by the demurrer,'are as follows: The plaintiffs have owned and -occupied as a homestead, since the first day of March, 1892, part of a lot and a dwelling house thereon situated on Broadway *285street, in the city of Ft. Madison. The lot is bounded on the west by that street, and the house fronts thereon, and on a public park, from which it is separated by the street. The streets, avenues, parks, and lots of the city were laid out. and platted under and by virtue of an act of congress approved July 2, 1836, and an act amendatory thereof…
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