# Martinson v. Iowa State Highway Commission

> Supreme Court of Iowa · April 6, 1965 · 257 Iowa 687

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9858142

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert C. Martinson and Evelyn L. Martinson, Appellants, v. Iowa State Highway Commission, Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Iowa
- **Decided:** April 6, 1965
- **Citations:** 257 Iowa 687; 134 N.W.2d 340; 1965 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 621
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Larson
- **Judges:** Stuart, Larson
- **Cited by:** 16 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Larson, J.
— I respectfully dissent and would reverse. Under this record I believe Mr. Hill’s testimony should have been stricken. I also feel the evidence is unclear that Mr..Moli-son’s testimony as to other property was not understood by the jury ás substantive evidence of value. A unit value of such a *697 farm will far exceed its separate items of value and this record unfairly-presents those elements in establishing before-and-after values.

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