Johnson County Broadcasting Corp. v. Iowa State Highway Commission

With our permission, defendants appeal from the trial court’s rulings on plaintiff’s application to determine law points during, its' appeal from a condemnation award.

At the time of condemnation plaintiff’s radio station operation consisted of a transmittal area just outside the north city limits of Iowa City which was connected by a coaxial cable with its studio and business office in downtown Iowa City, a distance of several miles. ' •

Defendants condemned 8.45 acres of the transmittal area but there was no other taking of plaintiff’s property. The existing two towers and radial wires were…