Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Rogers

The plaintiff in its petition to condemn the land of defendants alleges: “That in order to construct, maintain, and use its electric transmission line, it is necessary for petitioner to acquire from defendants a right of way or easement over, through, and across the above-described tract of land the following-described parcel of land, to wit: Being a strip of land 100 feet in width, extending across a portion of the tracts of land hereinbefore described for a distance of 1,262 feet, said strip of land 100 feet in width having heretofore been staked out and laid off by petitioner.”

The…