National Properties Corp. v. Polk County

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

Plaintiff National Properties Corporation appeals from adverse judgment on jury verdict in an action based on an alleged oral agreement by defendants Polk County and Polk County Drainage Administrators, District # 51, to compensate plaintiff for the fair market value of plaintiffs property taken for drainage purposes. Defendants deny plaintiffs allegations in part. They also assert the affirmative defense that a drainage easement was purchased in 1955, or obtained by prescription in 1966, from plaintiffs predecessors in title; that the present use was within the easement;…