Legal Opinion
Wheeling Electric Company v. Gist
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1970No. 12839PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beery, Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Brooke County in an eminent domain proceeding instituted by the Wheeling Electric Company, a West Virginia corporation, against the defendants Joseph C. Gist, Jr., Cleda W. Gist, his wife, and James B. Gist. The purpose of the condemnation proceeding was to obtain an easement for a 345,000 volt transmission line running' from Brooke County in West Virginia to Washington County, Pennsylvania. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in the amount of $3500 as just compensation for the land taken for the easement over the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Watts v. Norfolk & W. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- Buckhannon & Northern Railroad v. Great Scott Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Guyandot Valley R'y Co. v. BuskirkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Strouds Creek & Muddlety Railroad v. HeroldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- W. Va. Department of Highways v. BrumfieldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
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