Piedmont Natural Gas Co. v. Kinlaw

ZACHARY, Judge.

*482 Petitioner-Appellant Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. ("PNG") appeals from an order granting the motion for a new trial filed by Respondent-Appellee Samuel L. Kinlaw ("Mr. Kinlaw"). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

On 12 April 2012, PNG commenced a private condemnation action against Mr. Kinlaw, seeking a 2.71 acre permanent easement for an underground natural gas transmission line, together with temporary construction easements totaling 1.31 acres. Both the permanent and temporary easements cross a 60-acre tract of farmland owned by…