Breslow v. City of Lincoln

Plaintiff sued the city of Lincoln and the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company for damages for the alleged conversion of a light and power line. At the conclusion of the evidence for plaintiff the court directed a verdict for defendants. From judgment thereon the plaintiff appeals.

In 1925 plaintiff, conducting his grain elevator a short distance outside the village of College View, made an arrangement with the village to extend its light and power line to his place of business. The evidence, as contained in the minutes of the village board, shows that the village built the line at a cost of…