ACCO UNLIMITED CORP. v. CITY OF JOHNSTON

No. 98-580.

611 N.W.2d 506 (2000)

ACCO UNLIMITED CORP. and Andrew Christenson, Appellants, v. CITY OF JOHNSTON, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Murray Smith of Frank M. Smith Law Office, Des Moines, for appellants.

J. Russell Hixson of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, and Lee H. Gaudineer, Jr. of Austin, Gaudineer & Comito, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

The City of Johnston, Iowa, condemned land owned by Andrew Christenson for flood control purposes, and he and his tenant, ACCO Unlimited Corp., sought declaratory and injunctive relief in a suit against the city. The district court denied relief, and the plaintiffs appealed. We affirm.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

Andrew Christenson owned approximately eighteen acres in Johnston, which he leased to ACCO Unlimited...

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