Legal Opinion

Socony Vacuum Oil Company v. State

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided September 5, 1969No. 53412PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECKER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State following a condemnation award for property appropriated by the State for use as a part of the Capitol Grounds Extension Project. The district court jury returned its verdict on March 29, 1968. Defendant State’s motion for new trial was overruled and the State appealed to this court.

In such cases no judgment except for costs is entered. See section 472.23, Code of Iowa.

The Capitol Planning Commission is an agency of the State provided for in chapter 18A, Code of Iowa.

Chapter 28, Laws of the 60th General Assembly in 1963 made an appropriation to…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Ranck v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  2. Hance v. State Roads CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
  3. Iowa Development Co. v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
  4. Redfield v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1959
  5. Latham Holding Co. v. State of NYNew York Court of Appeals · 1965

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
  2. Amended July 30, 2015 Danny Homan, Steven J. Sodders, Jack Hatch, Pat Murphy, and Mark Smith v. Terry Branstad, Governor, State of Iowa, and Charles M. Palmer, Director, Iowa Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2015
  3. Kelly v. BrewerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
  4. State v. BrunoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
  5. State v. BerchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974

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