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DANKER v. IOWA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

No. 49341.

86 N.W.2d 835 (1957)

Emil DANKER, Appellee, v. IOWA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 17, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross, Johnson, Northrup, Stuart & Tinley, Council Bluffs, and Gamble, Read, Howland, Gamble & Riepe, by B. A. Webster, Jr., Des Moines, for appellant.

Smith, Peterson, Beckman & Willson, Council Bluffs, for appellee.

OLIVER, Justice.

Plaintiff owns and operates a 240-acre grain and live stock farm in Pottawattamie County. Defendant instituted proceedings to condemn a right of way and easement for an electric transmission line across part of that farm. The easement covers a strip of land 100 feet wide. The line itself consists of three transmission wires carrying 161,000 volts of electricity and two static wires. These wires overhang two portions of plaintiff's land, totalling...

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