Chao v. City of Waterloo

WOLLE, Justice.

We have granted the City of Waterloo (city) permission to take this interlocutory appeal from several orders entered by the district court dismissing the city’s cross-appeal in a condemnation proceeding. We conclude that the city’s notice of cross-appeal and amended cross-petition were sufficient to invoke the jurisdiction of the district court and give notice of the relief it was entitled to seek. We therefore reverse and remand.

As part of a project to extend a parking ramp, the city initiated condemnation procedures to obtain a parcel of real estate in downtown Waterloo.…