Hardaway v. City of Des Moines

166 N.W.2d 578 (1969)

Rozenting HARDAWAY and Mary Hardaway, Appellants,

v.

CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa, Appellee.

No. 53284.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 11, 1969.

W. Lawrence Oliver, Des Moines, for appellants.

Harold Van Voorhis, Des Moines, for appellee.

STUART, Justice.

Plaintiffs owned a business building at 10th and Center Streets in Des Moines which was condemned by the city under the Oak Ridge Urban Renewal Project in September, 1967. The sheriff's jury awarded plaintiffs $40,000 damages. They appealed to the district court claiming damages of $75,000. The jury returned a verdict for $30,000. They…