Burnham v. City of West Des Moines

568 N.W.2d 808 (1997)

Clifton BURNHAM, Appellant,

v.

The CITY OF WEST DES MOINES, Appellee.

No. 96-799.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 17, 1997.

R. Mathieson Duncan of Duncan, Green, Brown, Langeness & Eckley, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Jeffrey L. Goodman of Shearer, Templer & Pingel, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, ANDREASEN, TERNUS, and SCHULTZ,[*] JJ.

TERNUS, Justice.

Appellant Clifton Burnham appealed a condemnation award to the district court, but failed to serve the sheriff with notice of the appeal. Construing Iowa Code section 6B.18 (1995) as…