Iowa Power & Light Co. v. Board of Water Works Trustees

SNELL, Judge.

Defendant Board of Water Works appeals from judgment of the trial court awarding damages in the amount of $55,-175.65 to plaintiff Iowa Power and Light. Defendant raises several points of error. We affirm.

This is an action at law. Our review is not de novo but is limited to errors assigned. Iowa R.App.P. 4; Keith v. Community School Dist. of Wilton in the Counties of Cedar and Muscatine, 262 N.W.2d 249, 255 (Iowa 1978). The findings of fact by the trial court have the effect of a special verdict and are equivalent to a jury verdict. Iowa R.App.P. 4; Keith, 262 N.W.2d at 255.…