Wicks v. Iowa State Highway Commission

— Plaintiffs W. R. Wicks and Irene C. Wicks, husband and wife, appealed to the district court from the assessment of damages for the taking by eminent domain of part of their property and appurtenances thereto for highway improvement purposes. From the award following trial by jury defendants (for convenience herein called “the commission”) have appealed to us.

Plaintiffs are the owners of a corner lot at the intersection of Highways Nos. 1, 6 and 218 in Iowa City. Located thereon is a motor-vehicle service station selling Shell' products.

Incident to a highway improvement project defendant…