Gaar v. Iowa State Highway Commission

Upon the trial of an appeal from an award by commissioners in a highway condemnation proceedings, the jury returned a verdict of $4000 for personal property which was damaged or destroyed or reduced in value by such condemnation proceedings. Thereafter, the trial court sustained defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and plaintiffs have appealed.

The record on appeal shows the following facts and as to which there is no dispute: Appellants owned two apartment buildings in the City of Des Moines, Iowa. They contained some forty completely furnished apartments which were…