Neylan v. Clayton County Board of Supervisors

HAYDEN, Judge.

Plaintiff landowners appeal the denial of their claim for road vacation damages. They assert the right to recover damages should not be limited to those persons owning land abutting the vacated road. In the alternative, it is claimed that there was sufficient evidence that their land abutted the vacated road. We affirm.

In June 1983, the Clayton County Board of Supervisors held a hearing pursuant to Iowa Code sections 306.11-306.14 regarding its proposal to vacate the county road known as Stoney Acres Road. Plaintiffs, who owned land in the vicinity, appeared at the hearing and…