Stom v. City of Council Bluffs

189 N.W.2d 522 (1971)

John STOM, Appellee,

v.

The CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Appellant.

No. 54343.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 9, 1971.

Peters, Walker, Campbell & Pearson, Council Bluffs, for appellant.

Pogge, Root & Steege, Council Bluffs, for appellee.

LeGRAND, Justice.

The ultimate question here is whether a landowner who has building lots fronting on a platted but unopened street is entitled to damages from a municipality which takes away all access to those lots, leaving the landlocked owner without means of ingress or egress.

Defendant's assignments of error raise these issues: (1) The…