JONES v. IOWA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

No. 51958.

144 N.W.2d 277 (1966)

Frank JONES and Adora Jones, Appellees, v. IOWA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Acting for and In Behalf of the State of Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence F. Scalise, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Walton, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Ames, and Fisher & Pickens, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

John D. Randall, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.


THORNTON, Justice.

Defendant Highway Commission condemned 12.7 acres together with easements of 7.1 acres for borrow and two smaller easements to relocate tile and to remove a barn and garage from plaintiffs' land actually taken, for the purpose of widening Primary Highway No. 149 to make it a four-lane highway for two miles southwesterly from its intersection with U. S. Highway No. 30 and to relocate two streets that intersected Highway No. 149.

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