1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.W.2d
  4. 650 N.W.2d
  5. 650 N.W.2d 569 (2002)
 

IOWA DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. SOWARD

No. 00-0861.

650 N.W.2d 569 (2002)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee, v. John M. SOWARD, Deborah A. Soward, and SNL, Inc., Appellants, and Warren Water District and Polk County, Iowa, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Manning of Connolly, O'Malley, Lillis, Hansen & Olson, Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, David A. Ferree, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Mark Hunacek and Carolyn J. Olson, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

Landowners appeal from a district court ruling denying their request for payment of expert witness fees as "costs occasioned by the appeal" in a condemnation action, pursuant to Iowa Code section 6B.33 (1997). We find no error in the ruling and therefore affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) condemned property owned by John and Deborah Soward and a corporate entity formed...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases