Bracken v. City of Albia

The appellee is the owner of 38% acres o£ land. North A Street of the appellant city extends to'the southwest corner of said tract. The appellee lives on said premises, and has thereon improvements, consisting of a house, barn, corn-crib, garage, henhouse, and well. There is a creek running northeast from the southwest corner of the land. Part of the land is rough and covered with trees and brush, and a comparatively small portion of it is in cultivation. The appellant city, by condemnation, sought to appropriate 3.02 acres of said tract for a sewage disposal plant, consisting of a tank and…