United Power & Light Corp. v. Murphy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an appeal from an award of damages made by the jury, and approved by the trial court, in a proceeding t'o condemn a right of way for an electric transmission line across the farm- of Charles R. Murphy in .Dickinson county. For convenience we.shall refer to the landowner as plaintiff and the condemning corporation as defendant, being the-terms'used in'reference to them in the court below. The principal questions here argued are the elements which should be taken into consideration in determining the amount of the award. They arise on…