ASHTON v. BURKEN

No. 86-125.

403 N.W.2d 52 (1987)

William A. ASHTON and Ann M. Ashton, Husband and Wife, and Edward L. Ashton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Colleen BURKEN and Earl A. Burken, Wife and Husband; Patricia D. Richter and Dennis D. Richter, Wife and Husband; M.F. Sharon Dierks and Herman H. Dierks, Wife and Husband; the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

January 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Flynn of Brubaker, Flynn & Darland, Davenport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert J. McGee of McGee, Schoenauer & Wolfe, Clinton, for defendants-appellees.

Considered by OXBERGER, C.J., and SNELL, and HAYDEN, JJ.


HAYDEN, Judge.

Pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 650, plaintiffs filed a petition seeking to establish a boundary by acquiescence on bluff property overlooking the Mississippi River. On October 22, 1985, trial was held on this petition and on December 31, 1985, an order was entered in favor of the defendants. From this order plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiffs sought to establish a fence located along the top of a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River constituted...

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