BALES v. IOWA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

No. 49326.

86 N.W.2d 244 (1957)

Rex BALES and Helen Bales, Appellees, v. IOWA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION and The State of Iowa et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman A. Erbe, Atty. Gen., C. J. Lyman, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., and Daniel T. Flores, General Counsel for the commission, Ames, and Oliver J. Reeve, Waverly, for appellants.

R. W. Zastrow, Charles City, and Blake & Holley, Shell Rock, for appellees.


GARFIELD, Justice.

For convenience we disregard the fact the State of Iowa is named as a defendant. The Iowa State Highway Commission (herein called the commission) instituted a proceeding to condemn certain land in Bremer county for use in improving two primary highways. It filed its application with the sheriff and notice thereof was given the record titleholders. Commissioners appointed by the chief justice of this court assessed the damages to the property from...

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