135 Iowa 597 | Iowa | 1907
The sole question in the case is the legality of an order of the hoard of supervisors of Jackson county establishing a highway over plaintiff’s land. It is contended that no notice of the proceedings was served upon plaintiff, and that the order was void and of no effect. Code, section 1495, provides, in substance, that a notice shall be served upon each owner of land lying in the proposed road or abutting thereon, as shown by the transfer-books in the auditor’s office, who resides within the county; and, if the owner does not reside in the county, then upon any person who is in the occupancy of the land. Plaintiff ■ and her husband, Martin P. Berger, were in fact the owners of the land when the board of supervisors entered upon the proceedings for the establishment of the highway in question, and no notice was ever served upon plaintiff, who, with her husband, was in possession and occupancy of the land. Notice was served, however, upon Martin G. Berger, plaintiff’s husband, and plaintiff knew of that fact. The transfer books in the auditor’s office showed that Martin P. Berger was the grantee and owner of the land. And the index of the transfer book required to be kept by the auditor showed that Mara Berger was the grantee in the deed. The entry in the transfer books as to the description of the land referred to book 67, page 21, of the record of deeds in the recorder’s office, and that record showed that plaintiff and her husband were the grantees of the land.
The decree is affirmed.