STALKER v. IOWA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 91-524.

483 N.W.2d 331 (1992)

Charles Thomas STALKER and Lori Stalker, Appellants, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Acting For and On Behalf of the STATE OF IOWA, City of Mason City, and Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Young of Pappajohn, Shriver, Eide & Nichols, P.C., Mason City, for appellants.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., David A. Ferree, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Carolyn J. Olson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, NEUMAN and SNELL, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

In this case, Charles Thomas Stalker and Lori Stalker, husband and wife, ask us to reverse the district court's dismissal of their appeal in an eminent domain proceeding for insufficient notice. The court ruled its jurisdiction had not been properly invoked because the Stalkers failed to serve notice of the appeal on their contract vendor within thirty days of the appraisement notice as required by statute. See Iowa Code § 472.18 (1989...

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