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MAPES v. MADISON COUNTY

No. 50194.

107 N.W.2d 62 (1961)

Dale MAPES and Lola Mapes, Appellees, and Cross-Appellants, v. MADISON COUNTY, Iowa, and Garland Howell, Glenn Shoemaker and W. C. Morse, as Members of Board of Supervisors of Madison County, Iowa, Appellants, and Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Webster & Frederick, Winterset, for appellees and cross-appellants.

Emery L. Goodenberger, County Atty., of Madison County, Winterset, Gordon K. Darling, Winterset, for appellants and cross-appellees.

PETERSON, Justice.

This is a mandamus action against Madison County and its Board of Supervisors. Defendant county decided in 1959 to convert a country road, running past plaintiffs' farm, into a farm-to-market road. They needed a tract of 1.88 acres to widen the road, which was located in the corner of plaintiffs' 160 acre farm. Agreement was not made as to purchase, and petition was filed for condemnation. On May 14, 1959...

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