Arrowhead Farms, Inc. v. Dodge County

Three issues are presented by this appeal.

I. Could the property owner object to the jurisdiction of the circuit court over the question of the adequacy of compensation awarded by the condemnation commission, on the grounds that the condemnor refused to negotiate with him prior to the commission hearing, when the property owner did not raise the issue of failure to negotiate within forty days from the date of personal service of the jurisdictional offer?

Sec. 32.05, Stats., sets forth in great detail the procedure to be followed in condemning land for the purposes of highway construction.(1)…