COLLINS TRUST v. ALLAMAKEE COUNTY BD.

No. 98-838.

599 N.W.2d 460 (1999)

COLLINS TRUST, Appellant, v. ALLAMAKEE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY, Iowa, William Kerndt, David Snitker, Arlyn Fossum, and Lyle Zieman, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Burns of Miller, Pearson, Gloe, Burns, Beatty & Cowie, P.C., Decorah, for appellant.

Peter J. Gartelos and Timothy D. Ament of Gartelos, Wagner & Ament, Waterloo, for appellees.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, TERNUS, CADY, and HARRIS, JJ.


CADY, Justice.

Collins Trust appeals a ruling by the district court denying its claim for damages against Allamakee County after the county engineer caused a fence erected by the Trust to be removed as an immediate and dangerous hazard to persons using a roadway. We affirm the district court.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Collins Trust is a family trust which owns property in Allamakee County near the Mississippi River. Railroad tracks run...

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