Basch v. Iowa Power and Light Company

Defendant appeals from a judgment of $2250 for the taking of an easement for 161,000 volt transmission line over plaintiff’s land. The easement is 100 feet wide, 1880 feet long and contains 4.3 acres. It runs in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction across the southeast portion of 160 acres of plaintiff’s land. This 160 is separated from the other portion of plaintiff’s farm by Highway No. 100. The farm buildings are in the portion of the farm not touched by the easement. The transmission-line easement has three two-pole structures!.

Defendant contends the trial court erred (1) in…