Lehman v. Iowa State Highway Commission

'This is an appeal by Iowa State Highway Commission, defendant-condemnor, from an award of compensation, following trial in district court, for the taking of a strip of land for a new controlled-access highway across plaintiffs’ farm. Plaintiffs had appealed to the court from the award of the commissioners or “jury” appointed for that purpose. The two errors assigned here relate to the district court’s instructions to the jury.

The condemned strip, containing 3.4 acres, was taken in *80relocating U. S. Highway 6 in Iowa City and vicinity. Twelve acres lie north of the new highway and about 104…