Legal Opinion
Hamer v. Iowa State Highway Commission
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 20, 1959No. 49775PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.
This is a condemnation action wherein the State Highway Commission condemned 9.12 acres of land in a strip one hundred fifty feet wide and one hundred sixty rods long, along the extreme easterly portion of appellants’ 280-acre dairy farm. Trial in the district court resulted in a verdict for plaintiffs, Orville L. Hamer and Hazel L. Hamer, for $6350. From judgment thereon plaintiffs have appealed.
Two errors relating to instructions to the jury are assigned as follows: “The Court erred in instructing the jury in Instruction No. 7 as follows: ‘The test is not what the land is worth to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hall v. City of West Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- Nedrow v. Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1953
- Stortenbecker v. Iowa Power and Light CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1959
- West Chicago Park Commissioners v. BoalIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Maxwell v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Iowa Development Co. v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
- Nelson v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- Tilghman v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- Martinson v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1965
- Johnson County Broadcasting Corp. v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
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