Montana Power Co. v. Charter

This is an appeal by defendant landowners from orders of preliminary condemnation and possession granted to plaintiffs by the district court, Yellowstone County.

Each of the condemnation actions presented for appeal were initiated by plaintiffs Montana Power Company and Puget Sound Power & Light Company pursuant to Title 93, Chapter 99, Revised Codes of Montana, 1947. The purpose of the actions was to gain easements and right of way for construction of a 230-500 KV electric transmission line to serve the plaintiffs’ coal-fired generating plants at Colstrip, Montana. Previous to filing the…