Virginia Electric and Power Co. v. Tillett

MITCHELL, Justice.

This appeal involves a condemnation proceeding which the appellee Virginia Electric and Power Company (hereinafter “VEP-CO”) commenced by filing a petition in Superior Court to condemn an easement over property in which the appellants, Marshall F. Tillett, Jr. and his wife, Blythe Tillett, claim an ownership interest.

In May 1982, VEPCO began constructing power lines over land that it allegedly had purchased from Estelle B. Tillett in 1981. The appellant, Marshall F. Tillett, refused to allow VEPCO employees to proceed with construction claiming that he and his family owned…