SMB INVESTMENTS v. IOWA-ILL. GAS & ELEC.

No. 67526.

329 N.W.2d 635 (1983)

SMB INVESTMENTS, an Iowa General Partnership Composed of Lawrence J. Meade, Robert McGurk, and Jake Bustad, Appellant, v. IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected February 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Meardon and Thomas D. Hobart of Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, Iowa City, for appellant.

Donald H. Sitz and Terry M. Giebelstein of Lane & Waterman, Davenport, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

SMB Investments owned farmland in Muscatine County over which Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company proposed to build a high-voltage transmission line. SMB challenged the condemnation notice on statutory and constitutional grounds. The district court rejected these challenges, denying SMB's motions for judgment on the pleadings and to adjudicate law points. On appeal from those rulings SMB raises two issues: (1) the notice failed to adequately advise...

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