Sunrise Development Co. v. Iowa Department of Transportation

CADY, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff which requires us to consider the sufficiency of an allowance for attorney fees in a condemnation action pursuant to Iowa Code section 6B.33 (1993). The district court awarded the plaintiff $10,000 in attorney fees. We affirm.

Plaintiff, Sunrise Development Company, owned approximately 38.5 acres of farmland located in Polk County subject to condemnation by defendant, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT). Sunrise appealed the condemnation commission’s award of $124,-750 in damages to the district court, seeking an award of $500,000 in damages.…