Reed v. Iowa State Highway Commission

Charles R. Reed, the owner of the property hereinafter described, commenced this action to restrain the highway commission and others from entering upon, condemning, appropriating, and taking 5.22 acres of his land, with the improvements thereon, for highway purposes. Injunctive relief was asked on the ground that the proposed condemnation and appropriation was unlawful, arbitrary, and oppressive in the following particulars:(1) The proposed appropriation and construction constituted a rounding of the corner of appellee’s property where his dwelling house and other improvements are located,…