AUSTIN v. CITY OF BEDFORD, IOWA

No. 75-1640.

535 F.2d 1064 (1976)

Donald G. AUSTIN et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF BEDFORD, IOWA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter N. Sterling, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Theodore T. Duffield, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before LAY and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges, and URBOM, Chief District Judge.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

This diversity suit was brought in 1971 by Donald Austin, Franklin Bantz, and their wives against the City of Bedford, Iowa. The plaintiffs were the contract buyers of three contiguous tracts of land, and in 1966 they conveyed easements providing access to the City to each tract to permit straightening the channel of the East 102 River for flood control. Plaintiffs allege that the City breached the terms of the three conveyances and they sought...

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