Draker v. Iowa Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — R>. G. Popham, Judge. PROCEEDING in condemnation of right of way or easement across appellant’s land, for the erection thereon of poles and wires to carry electric current for light, power, and heating purposes, under Chapter 174, Acts of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly. Prom an award of damages by a jury, plaintiff prosecutes this appeal. —
1Opinion of the CourtArthur, J.
main: compen-eíectrió tra’ns-mission lines. A sheriff’s jury awarded plaintiff, appellant, $100 as compensation and damages in a condemnation proceeding instituted by the defendant, condemning a strip of land 25 feet wide across plaintiff’s farm, for the purpose ox the erection thereon and maintenance of an electric transmission line, with the right of in-gregg †0 and egress from said line over and across other land of plaintiff abutting thereon. Prom the award of the sheriff’s jury, the plaintiff appealed to the district court, where the ease was tried to a jury. The jury returned a verdict…
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