Evans v. Iowa Southern Utilities Co.

This is a proceeding in eminent domain. The Iowa Southern Utilities Company of Delaware is a corporation organized for the purpose of operating plants generating electricity and selling the current in various cities and towns in the state of Iowa. In 1926, the company procured a franchise from the railroad commissioners of Iowa, authorizing the construction of a high potential electric transmission line, to carry not to exceed 66,000 volts of electricity, upon poles not less than 50 feet in height, and with cross arms'not less than 9 feet in width, from Grinnell south to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and…