Jones v. Iowa State Highway Commission Ex Rel. State

RAWLINGS, Justice.

On condemnation appeal by plaintiffs to district court, trial jury awarded damages, and defendant’s motion for a new trial was sustained, conditioned on remittitur from which plaintiffs appeal. They do likewise upon denial of applications for attorney fee allowance on this and a prior trial of the same case. We reverse in part, affirm in part.

In January 1963, defendant Iowa State Highway Commission initiated condemnation proceedings to acquire 12.7 acres of land owned by plaintiffs, including their home and other improvements, together with use of 7.1 acres for temporary…