Saulsberry v. Kentucky & West Virginia Power Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

Keversing.

Appellants owned 600 acres of land in Carter county. Appellees instituted an action in the county court to condemn a right of way 100 feet wide, 9,981 feet long, across the tract, containing 22.95 acres, for its high-power electric line, under section 1599b, Kentucky Statutes, which provides that the proceedings shall be in conformity to sections 835-840, Kentucky Statutes. Commissioners were appointed, who fixed the damages at $1,000. The landowners filed exceptions to the commissioners’ report in the county court, and, the case being…