Texas Power & Light Company v. Adams

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation case through which Texas Power & Light Company seeks to acquire an easement from the defendants for the construction of an electric transmission line. The defendants’ tract of land consists of 1359 acres and the easement traverses across the property 170 feet in width, containing 38.445 acres.

The parties stipulated that all of the jurisdictional requirements had been satisfied and trial was to the jury on the sole question of land values. The jury found the 38.445 acres within the easement sustained a reduction in value of $5,958.97 ($7,304.55…