Grossnickle v. Village of Germantown

The cases and comments abound with discussion as to which view of the “per diem” or “mathematical” argument represents the weight of authority in this country. See Annotation, 60 A. L. R. 2d 1347, 1350; 28 Univ. of Cincinnati L. Rev. 138. Nevertheless, a majority of this court is persuaded to adopt a rule favorable to its use, under proper circumstances, by the force of the reasoning expressed in a number of opinions of our sister state courts. Corkery v. Greenberg, *99253 Iowa 846, 854, 114 N. W. 2d 327; 1 Caley v. Manicke, 29 Ill. App. 2d 323, 336, 173 N. E. 2d 209; 2 Four-County Electric Power *100As…