Legal Opinion
Charles Gabus Ford, Inc. v. Iowa State Highway Commission
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 18, 1974No. 2-56442PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REES, Justice.
This is an appeal by defendant Iowa State Highway Commission from a judgment and decree directing the issuance of a writ of mandamus compelling defendant to grant plaintiffs access to a frontage road and awarding plaintiffs damages resulting from defendant’s alleged tortious interference with a contract.
Plaintiffs in February 1968 entered into an option contract for the purchase of a parcel of land lying proximate to the easterly side of Merle Hay Road in Polk County. Immediately west of the parcel, between it and a frontage road east of Merle Hay Road, was an irregular strip of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Goldstein v. GroesbeckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Kersten Co., Inc. v. Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- First National Bank v. HayesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Wilson & Co. v. United Packinghouse Wkrs. of AmericaDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1960
- Rosendahl Levy v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- State v. SorensenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- Swanger v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- Werlinger v. Champion Healthcare Corp.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
- Feltes v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
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