77 P. 634 | Idaho | 1904
This action was begun by Boise City, and thereafter the present appellants were substituted as plaintiffs. The action is to quiet title to a strip of ground two feet nine inches wide, off of the east side of the west half of lot 8, block 7 of the original townsite of Boise City. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, and upon that' statement the court rendered its decision in favor of the defendants who are the respondents here. The appeal is from the judgment. The following-facts appear from the record: It was stipulated by the respective parties that the abstract of title marked exhibit “A” was a true and correct abstract of title to lot 8, block 7 of the original townsite of Boise City, and showing correctly the chain of title to said lot; that in the year
The questions for decision are: 1. Did the appellants and their grantor, the city, acquire title to said two feet and nine
The stipulated facts do not show that a boundary was ever agreed upon between the city and the owners of the west half' of said lot, and there are no facts shown that estop the respondents from questioning the title of the appellants. The only other question for decision is: Did the city acquire title to the-two feet, nine inches on the easterly side of said lot by adverse possession ?
It is shown by the stipulated facts that Boise City levied taxes for city purposes and from time to time made special assessments for sidewalks, street paving and street sprinkling purposes upon the west half of said lot 8, and that all such amounts so levied, assessed or charged against said west half of lot 8 have been paid by the respondents and their predecessors in interest. This would indicate that the city was not holding said tract of ground adversely to the respondents, but recognized their title thereto by levying such taxes and charges against it. The city has thus from year to year treated this property as belonging to the respondents, accepted their money for the taxes so levied on the theory that the property belonged to them. And the city by those acts is estopped from denying that said' property was legally assessed and that it was not, in fact, subject to taxation and did not belong to the respondents.
The Judgment of the district court must therefore be affirmed, and it is so ordered. Costs of this appeal are awarded to the respondents.