{ "document_id": 12021, "page": 206, "width_pt": 612, "height_pt": 792, "rotation": 0, "pipeline_version": "paddleocr-vl-1.6+paul-48", "engine": "paddleocr_vl", "source_run_id": 12132, "item_count": 15, "counts_by_type": { "footer": 2, "header": 2, "heading": 1, "text": 10 }, "build_ms": 2, "items": [ { "id": "p206.1", "order": 1, "type": "header", "bbox": { "l": 54.96, "t": 770.16, "r": 150.48, "b": 755.52 }, "text": "2007 WL 2376736", "attrs": { "block_label": "header" }, "level": 2 }, { "id": "p206.2", "order": 2, "type": "header", "bbox": { "l": 504.72, "t": 769.68, "r": 563.76, "b": 754.56 }, "text": "Page 1 of 4", "attrs": { "block_label": "number" }, "level": 2 }, { "id": "p206.3", "order": 3, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 58.32, "t": 698.4, "r": 303.84, "b": 683.04 }, "text": "Slip Copy, 2007 WL 2376736 (Table) (Iowa App.)" }, { "id": "p206.4", "order": 4, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 61.92, "t": 682.08, "r": 542.16, "b": 544.08 }, "text": "Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.\nNOTICE: FINAL PUBLICATION DECISION PENDING\nCourt of Appeals of Iowa.\nLeo SIMON and Deann Simon, Plaintiffs-Appellants,\nV.\nDUBUQUE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Dubuque County, Iowa, Margaret A. Feldman, Charles I. McDermott, Irene A. McDermott, Peter J. Simon, and Laurie J. Simon, Defendants-Appellees.\nNo. 07-0020.\nAug. 22, 2007." }, { "id": "p206.5", "order": 5, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 58.08, "t": 534, "r": 525.6, "b": 484.56 }, "text": "Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, George L. Stigler, Judge.\nProperty owners appeal from a decision establishing that Dubuque County has a prescriptive easement across their property. AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.\nDale Putnam, Decorah, for appellants." }, { "id": "p206.6", "order": 6, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 58.32, "t": 475.68, "r": 540.96, "b": 449.28 }, "text": "Ralph Potter, County Attorney for appellees Dubuque County Board of Supervisors and Dubuque County, Iowa." }, { "id": "p206.7", "order": 7, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 58.08, "t": 440.4, "r": 436.8, "b": 425.52 }, "text": "Nathan Moonen, Epworth, for appellees Peter J. Simon and Laurie J. Simon." }, { "id": "p206.8", "order": 8, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 57.84, "t": 416.4, "r": 552.96, "b": 390.72 }, "text": "Anthony Quinn, Dubuque, for appellees Charles I. McDermott, Irene A. McDermott, and Margaret A. Feldman." }, { "id": "p206.9", "order": 9, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 57.84, "t": 370.08, "r": 344.88, "b": 355.44 }, "text": "Considered by SACKETT, C.J., and VOGEL and MILLER, JJ." }, { "id": "p206.10", "order": 10, "type": "heading", "bbox": { "l": 58.08, "t": 334.56, "r": 131.04, "b": 321.84 }, "text": "SACKETT, C.J.", "attrs": { "block_label": "paragraph_title" }, "level": 3 }, { "id": "p206.11", "order": 11, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 57.12, "t": 322.32, "r": 549.84, "b": 236.64 }, "text": "*1 Plaintiffs brought this action seeking to quiet title to a road that passes through their property. The defendants, Dubuque County and other residents living along the road, contend the road is owned by the county. The district court held the county had acquired a prescriptive easement to use the road. It found the easement spanned the roadway surface width of twenty-two feet and an additional five feet on each side of the roadway. The court held the county's prescriptive easement right includes the right to maintain the easement. The plaintiffs appeal each of these findings. We affirm as modified." }, { "id": "p206.12", "order": 12, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 56.64, "t": 228.72, "r": 552, "b": 154.56 }, "text": "BACKGROUND. The road at issue traverses approximately two miles through a rural area of Dubuque County and provides ingress and egress to residents who live along the road. It was most likely constructed in the late 1800s. The public has used the road from the 1930s to present. The road was originally known as Simon Road. In the 1990s, the county named the road \"Dry Hollow Road\" as it was establishing its 911 emergency dispatch system. At that time, the county posted a sign at the road identifying it as \"Dry Hollow Road.\"" }, { "id": "p206.13", "order": 13, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 56.4, "t": 145.68, "r": 558.24, "b": 48.48 }, "text": "The road passes through several parcels of property and varies in width. At its northwest intersection with Heisler Road, it passes through plaintiffs', Leo and Deann Simons' property. To the south and east, the road travels through parcels owned by defendants, Margaret Lehmann, Charles and Irene McDermott, and Peter and Laurie Simon. These defendants contend that the county owns the road and has historically provided maintenance such as laying gravel, blading, snow removal, and mowing along the road. In June of 1998, the defendants petitioned the county to classify a portion of the road as Class C. This classification allows the county to gate off the road, restrict public access, and provide minimal maintenance. 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