Otter Tail Power Co. v. Henry Von Bank

Nuessle, J".

This action was brought to condemn an easement for a right of way for an electric transmission line.

The plaintiff is a foreign public service corporation. It is engaged in the business of manufacturing, distributing and selling electrical energy for power and light. It has many miles of pole lines within the state of North Dakota. One of these lines was built along and on the right of way of a section line highway in Cass county. The Highway Department decided to streamline this highway. In order to do this the county procured additional easements, seventeen feet or more in width,…