IN RE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LAND, ETC.

No. 50838.

119 N.W.2d 187 (1963)

In the Matter of the CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LAND FOR the URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT NUMBER I "RIVER HILLS" IN the CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa. William CRAWFORD and Arkansas Crawford, Appellants, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 15, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Lawrence Oliver, Des Moines, for appellants.

Leonard C. Abels, Corp. Counsel, and Don Hise, Asst. City Atty., Des Moines, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

The defendant City of Des Moines instituted condemnation proceedings for the taking of certain property owned by the plaintiffs. It was an entire rather than a partial taking. The condemnation commission fixed the value of the property at $8,000.00; the plaintiffs were dissatisfied and took their appeal to the district court, where the trial jury increased the award to $10,000.00.

Plaintiffs' attorney then made his application for taxation...

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