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SKINNER v. POLK COUNTY

No. 49802.

98 N.W.2d 749 (1959)

Grace B. SKINNER, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Walter B. Skinner, Deceased, and Grace B. Skinner, Appellees, v. POLK COUNTY, Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 20, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Hanrahan, County Atty., A. R. Shepherd and C. L. Becker, Asst. County Attys., Des Moines, for appellant.

Watson & Herrick, and Watson, Elgin & Hoyman, Indianola, for appellees.

GARFIELD, Justice.

This is an appeal by Polk County, defendant-condemnor, from a district court order fixing compensation of $10,441 for the taking of a 7-acre strip across plaintiffs' farm for a new highway. The award of the commission or "sheriff's jury" was $4,921. Plaintiff-owners appealed to the district court where trial resulted in a jury verdict for the $10,441.

Plaintiffs' farm, of 226 acres, is irregular in shape. The east boundary is straight, the...

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