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IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS & ELECTRIC CO. v. CITY OF FORT DODGE

No. 49239.

85 N.W.2d 28 (1957)

IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT DODGE, Iowa, Marvin B. Vedvig, Mayor, Walter M. Williams and Frank J. Burns, Councilmen, and with the Mayor constituting the City Council of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 17, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. B. Burnquist, of Burnquist, Helsell & Burnquist, Fort Dodge, and David M. Elderkin, of Barnes, Wadsworth, Elderkin, Locher & Pirnie, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald J. Mitchell, City Atty., and Dwight G. Rider, of Rider, Bastian & Beisser, Fort Dodge, and William A. Roberts of Roberts & McInnis, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees and cross-appellants.

LARSON, Justice.

The plaintiff, Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company, is a utility incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. Its operations include (1) the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity, and (2) the distribution and sale of natural gas. In connection with these operations it sells and services electric and gas appliances.

The company's Iowa territory is divided into five districts: Davenport, Iowa City, Fort...

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