MERRITT v. INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY

No. 52606.

153 N.W.2d 489 (1967)

Gilbert MERRITT, and Gilbert Merritt, Jr., Appellants, v. INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Connery, Dubuque, for appellants.

O'Connor, Thomas, Wright, Hammer & Bertsch, Dubuque, for appellee.


MASON, Justice.

In January 1964 Interstate Power Company condemned an easement across land in Dubuque County owned by Gilbert Merritt and tenanted by Gilbert Merritt, Jr., for the purpose of erecting electric transmission lines and other related public utility facilities and purposes. The tract of approximately 400 acres had been mortgaged November 30, 1954, to American Trust & Savings Bank, Dubuque, as shown by the...

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