Watson v. Mississippi River Power Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Henry Bank, Judge. Action at law for damages. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The plaintiff is, and during the time mentioned in his petition was, the owner of two lots with buildings *25and improvements thereon, in the city of Keokuk, Iowa. The defendant, having been granted authority therefor by act of Congress, has been engaged in constructing a dam across the Mississippi River at that place, for the purpose of providing electric power to be sold to users thereof within the area reached or to be reached by its cables and supply lines. Among other things, the plan of this improvement contemplated the erection of a power house in connection with the dam, at a point about…
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