Ford v. Board of Park Commissioners
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. James A. Howe, Judge. Action 'at law to recover damages growing out of the conduct of the defendant in the matter of condemning plaintiff’s property for the purposes of a public park. Defendant demurred to plaintiff’s petition as amended, and its demurrer was sustained. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
Defendant was the board of park commissioners of the city of Des Moines, and it is charged that in the month of May, 1905, it caused a notice to be served upon plaintiffs and others that said board required for park purposes certain property belonging to plaintiffs; that at this time plaintiffs were the owners and were erecting on said premises a building intended for a laundry and had leased said building then in the course of erection and to be erected to the Troy Laundry Company; that appraisers were appointed and they on the 29th day of May, 1905, assessed the damages and value of…
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