Legal Opinion

River Bend Farms, Inc. v. M & P Missouri River Levee District

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided September 29, 1982No. 67149PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff River Bend Farms, Inc. (RBF), appeals from a district court order disallowing its application for attorney fees in a proceeding that condemned 20.62 acres of its land for levee district purposes. We reverse and remand with directions.

Defendant M & P Missouri River Levee District is an intercounty levee district including land in Mills and Pottawattamie Counties along the Missouri River. Defendant boards of supervisors of the two counties act as the joint board of the levee district. Levee districts are created and governed by Iowa Code chapter 455 if they…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. WanrowWashington Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Peel v. BurkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
  3. Compiano v. KuntzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
  4. Forst v. Sioux CitySupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
  5. Pearson v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982

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3Cited by10 opinions

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