Gustafson v. Iowa Power & Light Company

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court rightly rejected evidence of an offer which a condemnor made to condemnees relative to property involved in a condemnation.

In the spring of 1967, plaintiffs bought 5.45 acres of land for $10,000. Adjoining that acreage on the west is land of Highland Memorial Gardens, a cemetery. Also in the spring of 1967, defendant was contemplating construction of an east-west high voltage electric transmission line which would overhang the back of the plaintiffs’ acreage and the adjoining land of Highland Memorial Gardens.

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