Morgan County Rural Electric Membership Corp. v. Indianapolis Power & Light Co.

This case arises from a proceeding brought by a municipally franchised utility (plaintiff-appellee, Indianapolis Power and Light Company, hereinafter IPALCO), seeking to condemn property of another utility (defendant-appellant, Morgan County Rural Electric Membership Corporation, hereinafter REMC). IPALCO is a municipally franchised utility serving the town of Mooresville; REMC serves the outlying community of that area. The town of Mooresville recently annexed a non-contiguous parcel of land which is the site of the Kendrick Memorial Hospital. This annexation was made pursuant to IC 1971,…