Randell v. Iowa State Highway Commission

S. A. Randell, the plaintiff-appellee, in 1926 purchased a farm in Mahaska County, consisting of 147.91 acres. This land was bought by the appellee at a referee’s sale for $145 per acre. When purchased, the land was divided by railroads and highways in such a way as to constitute six separate and distinct irregular parts.

Thereafter, on September 6, 1928, the defendant appellant, Iowa State Highway Commission, filed an application for the appointment of a commission to condemn a strip of appellee’s land containing 3.1 acres lying southwest of, adjacent to, and parallel with the Chicago,…