Montgomery v. City of Sylvania

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Condemnation. Faye and R. A. Montgomery appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the City of Sylvania. The Montgomerys are the owners of lot 16 in the Sylvan Heights subdivision in Sylvania. They purchased their home on June 6, 1980. An em ployee of the City stated that he installed an electrical transmission line across the corner of the Montgomerys’ lot in the summer of 1977, before the Montgomerys purchased it. The line was erected to provide electricity to Perry and Vendora Cobb’s home. The Cobbs purchased their land in July of 1977. The house on the Cobbs’ land…