Hawbaker v. Iowa State Highway Commission

The plaintiffs during the early months of 1959, and until about the middle of June of that year, occupied certain premises in the City of Des Moines under lease from *575the defendant Ralph L. Jester, the fee owner. This occupancy was under a written lease, originally running from February 1, 1956, to January 31, 1959. It had been renewed to expire on January 31, 1962. It was not acknowledged, but was filed for record on September 30, 1959. At sometime during the month of May 1959, or perhaps even earlier, it became known that the property was in the path of a freeway to be constructed by the…