Kenkel v. Iowa State Highway Commission

MASON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s judgment sustaining the highway commission’s special appearance to plaintiffs’ petition on appeal to the Pottawattamie district court from a condemnation commission’s award of damages.

Condemnation proceedings were instituted by the highway commission under chapter 472, Code, 1966, for the taking of certain land belonging to Raymond N. and Evelyn Kenkel for highway purposes. October 5, 1967, the condemnation commission filed its award of damages with the Potta-wattamie County sheriff. November 3 Kenkels filed with the sheriff notice of…