Legal Opinion

Kamo Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Cushard

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided June 8, 1970No. 54823PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEILER, Judge.

This is a condemnation suit to acquire an easement 100 feet wide, running diagonally 2,805 feet across defendants’ 220 acre farm-residence property. Upon and along the easement plaintiff has constructed a 69,000 volt electric transmission line consisting of 8 single poles with supporting cross arms, insulators, circuit breakers, wires, lightening arrestors, and other necessary electric equipment. The line is plainly visible from the public highway which runs east and west along the south edge of the farm, comes within 500 to 600 feet of defendants’ farm improvements, and runs…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chicago Great Western Railroad v. KemperSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
  2. Union Electric Company of Missouri v. SimpsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
  3. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. TurkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
  4. Kamo Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. CushardMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967
  5. Kamo Electric Cooperative v. BrooksMissouri Court of Appeals · 1960

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. La Plata Elec. Ass'n, Inc. v. CumminsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  2. State Ex Rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. MosleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. St. Joseph Light & Power Co. v. OhlhausenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. State ex rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. MertzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Franchise Realty Interstate Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1979

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