Vittetoe v. Iowa Southern Utilities Company

Plaintiffs, Mrs. Vittetoe and Samuel A. Wilder, own adjoining farms between one and two miles east of Washington, Iowa. (We disregard the fact Wilder is now dead and personal representatives are substituted for him.) Defendant sought to condemn a strip of land 100 feet wide diagonally across the farm for right-of-way for a 69,000-volt electric transmission line. After obtaining a franchise from the state com merce commission (herein called “commission”) for such purpose defendant filed with the sheriff of Washington County its petition for condemnation of these and other lands. From the…