Steensland v. Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co.

Pursuant to section 489.14, Code, 1946, defendant condemned a right of way 100 feet wide for an electric transmission line of 161,000 volts across plaintiff’s farm. The commission appointed by the sheriff to assess plaintiff’s damages (see Code section 472.4) fixed them at $8000. Prom this assessment defendant appealed to the district court (see section 472.18). Following trial and jury verdict fixing the damages at $3600, plaintiff-owner filed motion for new trial which was granted. Prom such ruling defendant has appealed to this court.

The new trial was granted upon these grounds of…