Terms Used In Iowa Code 477.4

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
 If the person over or through whose lands this telegraph or telephone line or cable system passes claims more damages than the proprietor of the line or cable system is willing to pay, the amount of damages sustained may be determined in the same manner as provided for taking private property for works of internal improvement.