Big Rivers Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Browns Valley Land Co.

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant condemned an easement for the erection of a transmission line across the farm of appellee. This is an appeal from a jury award of $8,850, on the grounds that the verdict was excessive and not sustained by sufficient evidence of probative value.

*753The tract contains 923 acres, and its present and prospective future use is for farming purposes. The easement is 125 feet in width and 4,787 feet in length, traversing the tract at roughly midpoint. The transmission line consists of five wires supported by seven dual-pole settings. The landowner has the right to use the…