Kansas Power & Light Co. v. Ritchie

Sell, J.:

The defendant, Charles S. Ritchie, d/b/a Charles S. Ritchie Oil, appeals a permanent injunction issued in favor of Kansas Power and Light Company (KP&L).

In 1980, KP&L obtained a permanent easement upon real estate owned by Harold and Mary Boren through eminent domain proceedings in Greenwood County, Kansas. In that proceeding, the appraisers’ report provided in part;

“The appraisers further report that the rights to be acquired by the Plaintiff in this proceeding are limited to the following:

“1. The right to construct, maintain, alter, repair, operate, remove and reconstruct an…