CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS IN LAND

No. 19-1582.

974 N.W.2d 103 (2022)

In the MATTER OF the CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS IN LAND FOR the EXTENSION OF ARMAR DRIVE PROJECT BY the CITY OF MARION, Iowa. Phyllis M. Rausch, as Trustee of the William J. Rausch Family Trust, Appellant, v. City of Marion, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean A. Spina (argued) of Bradley & Riley PC, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Robert W. Goodwin (argued) of Goodwin Law Office, P.C., Ames; Kara L. Bullerman of Allen, Vernon & Hoskins, P.L.C., Marion, for appellee.

Waterman, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.


Landowners are generally allowed to give opinion testimony on the value of their own property. But should owners of commercial property who do not qualify as experts be allowed to support their valuation by testifying about allegedly comparable sales of property owned by others? This appeal presents that question. An

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