Case Name: Way v. The Town of Center Point
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1879-06-14
Citations: 51 Iowa 708
Docket Number: 
Parties: Way v. The Town of Center Point.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 708–708

Head Matter:
Way v. The Town of Center Point.
Towns: severance ok territory
Appeal from Linn Oircuit Gourt.
Saturday, June 14.
J. O. Davis, for appellant.
J. B. Young, for appellee.

Opinion:
Kothrock, J.
— This is a proceeding under section 440 of the Code, in which it is sought to sever certain territory from the corporate limits of the town of Center Point. It presents substantially the same questions which were presented in the case of McKean v. The City of Mount Vernon, ante, 307, determined at this term, with the exception that in this case the territory sought to be stricken from the town has not been laid out into blocks, lots, streets and alleys. In the former case it was held that the statute authorizing these proceedings applied to any part of the territory embraced within the corporate limits of a city or town, regardless of whether it was laid out and platted into blocks, lots, streets and alleys. Following the decision in that case, the judgment and order in the case at bar must be
Akeirmed.