Montana Power Company v. Wolfe

In this eminent domain proceeding plaintiff Montana Power Company appeals the judgment entered on a jury’s award of compensation for a strip of defendant’s land condemned as an easement for plaintiff’s 161-KV power transmission line. We affirm the judgment.

The easement condemned is a strip of land 80 feet wide, stretching 1,167 feet along the upper bench portion of defendant’s 5200 acre ranch located on the east side of the Bitterroot Valley, east of Stevensville in Ravalli County. This strip contains an area of 20.5 acres. The remainder of defendant’s property subject to depreciation in…