IOWA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY v. SIOUX CITY

No. 50712.

116 N.W.2d 466 (1962)

IOWA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, George W. Young, Mayor, Stanley L. Greigg, James E. Reeder, Jr., Julian L. Torgerson, and Marie White, Members of the City Council of Sioux City, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 24, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sifford & Wadden, Sioux City, and Barnes, Wadsworth, Elderkin, Locher & Pirnie, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Shull, Marshall, Mayne, Marks & Vizintos, Sioux City, for appellees.


GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

Defendants-appellees, Sioux City and members of its city council, filed motion to dismiss appeal of plaintiff, Iowa Public Service Co., in part for want of jurisdiction. The motion and resistance and supporting briefs were argued and submitted. The questions raised were deemed of sufficient importance to call for an opinion.

The action was commenced December 29, 1959. Plaintiff alleged the city's Ordinance No. R8376 did not provide...

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