RANCHO GRANDE, INC. v. IOWA STATE HIGHWAY COM'N

No. 52785.

156 N.W.2d 293 (1968)

RANCHO GRANDE, INC., an Iowa Corporation, Appellant, v. IOWA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Valley Bank and Trust Company, Des Moines, Iowa, and Polk County, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abramson, Myers, Myers & Anderson, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard L. Turner, Atty. Gen., L. Michael McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Arthur C. Hedberg, Jr., Des Moines, for appellee, Iowa State Highway Commission.


MOORE, Justice.

This case involves an appeal to the district court from a condemnation commission award of $22,500 for the partial taking of plaintiff's land for Primary Road 1-235. Plaintiff's petition alleged damages of $126,000. On trial the jury awarded $20,400. Thereafter plaintiff filed a motion for new trial and related motions based primarily on a claim of misconduct by the jury. Plaintiff has appealed following adverse rulings on said motions.

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