Hetherington Letter Co. v. City of Cedar Rapids

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by Hetherington Letter Company (condemnee) from a district court verdict and judgment fixing damages for the condemnation of its business premises by the City of Cedar Rapids (con-demnor). All of condemnee’s real estate, in the path of an urban renewal project, was condemned on January 8, 1968. We modify and affirm.

Condemnee raised below, and argues here, issues relating to admissibility of evidence, jury instructions, and attorney fees, which we discuss in the following divisions.

I. On appeal to district court from condemnation commission’s award of…