Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. Cornell

BIRD, Chief Justice.

A perpetual easement SO feet wide and 2,297 feet long was condemned across the farm of Claude and Gladys Cornell.

A jury in the Bullitt Circuit Court awarded the owners $3,750 for the land taken and $2,500 for resulting damages. The condemnor, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, appeals.

The condemnor first complains that the trial court erred in permitting the landowners to show colored slides depicting the easement before and during the construction. It is not contended that the pictures failed to accurately portray the property at the time they were taken. Principally…