TILTON v. IOWA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

No. 49612.

94 N.W.2d 782 (1959)

Mildred L. TILTON, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. IOWA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gamble, Read, Howland, Gamble & Riepe, and Clyde E. Herring, Des Moines, for appellant.

Hansen, Wheatcraft & Galvin, Des Moines, for appellee and cross-appellant.


GARFIELD, Justice.

On the appeal to us by defendant-condemnor the question presented is whether it is liable for fees for plaintiff-condemnee's attorneys in the trial of an appeal from the condemnation award resulting in a verdict lower than that for which defendant had offered to confess judgment. We disagree with the trial court's holding such fees are allowable under these circumstances.

Upon plaintiff's cross-appeal, insofar as it is not decided by our...

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