Nielsen v. Tri-State Generation & Transmission Ass'n

In this eminent domain proceeding a jury awarded plaintiffs $10,500 for- a perpetual easement appropriated by defendant for a power line. The district court granted a new trial on the ground that the verdict was excessive. Plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiffs owned a ranch and farm unit bordering the City of Ogallala on the east and north. The unit comprised 2,562 acres of grazing land, 495 acres of accretion, 422 acres of dry crop land, 94 acres of irrigated land, and 14 acres of building site. Fences divided the grazing land into 5 pastures. Pasture I bordered the city'on the north. Pastures…