Supreme Court of Iowa May 21, 1891 (Gates v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.)

GiveN, J.

The petition shows that plaintiff is the owner of two lots on the corner of Sixth and Franklin streets in the city of Waterloo, upon which lots are two dwelling-houses; that the defendant located and constructed its railroad diagonally across Franklin street at an angle of ninety-seven degrees, and that in constructing the same an embankment was made about five feet above the