Legal Opinion
Hawkeye Land Co. v. Iowa Power & Light Co.
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Decided February 2, 1993No. 91-1413PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.
Hawkeye Land Company appeals from the district court’s ruling which denied its claim for unpaid rent against Iowa Power under certain wire line license agreements.
This case involves contracts known as “wire line license agreements.” Wire line license agreements permitted Iowa Power to construct and maintain its electrical wires and natural gas pipelines running parallel to or over railroad tracks for an annual rental charge. The licenses in question were originally held by the Rock Is land Railroad Company (Rock Island). In approximately 1979, Rock Island went into…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hamilton v. WosepkaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
- Briggs Transportation Co. v. Starr Sales Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. VoeltzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Waukon Auto Supply v. Farmers & Merchants Savings BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- Recker v. GustafsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
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3Cited by13 opinions
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