KOHORST v. IOWA STATE COMMERCE COM'N

No. 69627.

348 N.W.2d 619 (1984)

Leo KOHORST, Edna Kohorst, Joseph Schweers and Robert Schweers, Appellants, v. The IOWA STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, Appellee, Iowa Public Service Company, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Kohorst, Harlan, for appellants.

Philip Stoffregen, Gen. Counsel, Patrick J. Nugent, Deputy Counsel, and William A. Haas, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Des Moines, for appellee.

Suzan M. Stewart and Ira E. Delk, Sioux City, for intervenor.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McCORMICK, SCHULTZ, CARTER and WOLLE, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

Landowners appealed from the entry of default judgment which resulted in a dismissal of their district court petition seeking judicial review of a state commerce commission decision to grant a franchise for electrical transmission lines over their property. The trial court defaulted the landowners because they failed to timely comply with a court order requiring them to make their petition more specific. The case was transferred to the court of appeals...

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