Wilden Clinic, Inc. v. City of Des Moines

MASON, Justice.

Wilden Clinic, Inc. appeals from the trial court’s decree dismissing its petition and assessing costs following trial of an equitable action brought as a result of plaintiff’s purchase of a tract of land at $1.55 per square foot from defendant, City of Des Moines, described in the record as the east one half of parcel C — Z which is a portion of the River Hills Urban Renewal Project.

Plaintiff seeks relief in division 1 of its petition on the theory of a mutual mistake of a material fact, alleging the city council at the time it adopted the fair market value of parcel C-Z at…