Crozier v. Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company

STUART, Justice.

A right of way easement for high-voltage electric transmission lines was acquired by condemnation. Plaintiffs appealed from the condemnation award of the sheriff’s jury to the district court and now bring this appeal claiming the trial court erred in permitting testimony relating to “comparable sales” and that the jury verdict was inadequate and unresponsive to the instructions.

On February 7, 1966 Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company condemned a right of way across 5.5 acres of plaintiffs’ timber pasture. The construction and maintenance of the line required that the strip…