Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Smith

Potomac Electric Power Company (condemnor) filed a petition for the condemnation of certain lands of Alfred H. Smith and Mary W. Smith, his wife, (owners) 1 for the construction, operation and maintenance of electric power and energy transmission lines.

Owners’ property prior to the taking comprised 26.788 acres of land in Prince George’s County. A parcel of 6.873 acres of that land, consisting of a bisecting strip 350 feet wide traversing the land, was to be acquired in fee simple. Along both sides of the fee simple strip an easement 75 feet wide was to be acquired for cutting, trimming and…