United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Easement & Right of Way Over Two Tracts of Land

This appeal presents the question of whether the Tennessee Valley Authority has the constitutional and statutory power to acquire by eminent domain an easement across a farm in Logan County, Kentucky, which is not located along the Tennessee River or any of its tributaries. This easement was condemned for the purpose of constructing a power transmission line from the TVA steam plant at Paradise, Kentucky, to Nashville, Tennessee.

On an earlier appeal, this court remanded the case to the district court for the hearing of additional evidence as to whether the transmission line in question and…