Legal Opinion
Robert M. Johnson, Trustee of the Robert M. Johnson Revocable Living Trust, and Kathryn M. Zimmer v. Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority, Acting by and Through Its Operating Contractor, the City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 18, 2012No. 11–0444PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal, we review the district court’s ruling consolidating condemnation appeals from proceedings by two separate condemning authorities taking property four months apart from the same parent tract of farmland. The landowner, Johnson Farms, 1 moved to consolidate its appeals pursuant to Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.913, contending they present common questions of law or fact and that consolidation would promote judicial economy and protect against inconsistent verdicts valuing the same land close in time. Johnson Farms’ motion was resisted by both…
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