Jones v. Iowa State Highway Commission Ex Rel. State

Defendant Highway Commission condemned 12.7 acres together with easements of 7.1 acres for borrow and two smaller easements to relocate tile and to remove a barn and garage from plaintiffs’ land actually taken, for the purpose of widening Primary Highway No. 149 to make it a four-lane highway for two miles southwesterly from its intersection with U. S. Highway No. 30 and to relocate two streets that intersected Highway No. 149.

The condemnation commissioners awarded plaintiffs $48,500. They appealed to the district court, the verdict of the jury there was $68,750. Defendant commission appeals…