Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Williams

Johnson, Judge.

Colonial Pipeline Company acquired an easement under land owned by James Williams pursuant to its power of eminent domain (OCGA § 22-3-80). The easement was obtained so that Colonial could install an underground cathodic protection device, a mechanism which protects the integrity of an existing underground petroleum pipeline system. Ultimately the case was tried by a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of Williams in the amount of $15,000. Colonial appeals from the judgment entered upon that verdict.

In its only enumeration of error, Colonial contends that the trial court…