Fritz v. Iowa State Highway Commission

REES, Justice.

This is an appeal in an eminent domain proceeding by the defendant Iowa State Highway Commission (now Iowa State Department of Transportation) from a jury verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff in an appeal from a condemnation award. The defendant’s postverdict motion for a new trial was overruled and defendant appeals. We affirm.

Plaintiff, Glen D. Fritz, was the owner of a leasehold interest in a farm premises in Des Moines County, the fee title to which was held by his parents, Raymond and Elsie Fritz. In a separate proceeding, the owners of the fee were compensated for their…