Vermont Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Anderson

This is an appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission in condemnation proceedings. The plaintiff, Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc., seeks to acquire a right of way across lands of the defendants John S. and Mary L. Anderson for the purpose of constructing an electric power line to transmit electric energy generated at the St. Lawrence Power Project at Massena, New York. On May 15, 1958, the Public Service Commission issued its order authorizing the plaintiff to take the right of way by eminent domain. The defendants, husband and wife, own the property sought to be condemned.…