Banyan Construction Co. v. Union Electric Co.

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Appellant Banyan Construction Company built a duplex that encroached on Respondent Union Electric Company’s transmission line easement. Banyan appeals the trial court’s grant of Union Electric’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

Banyan initially acquired the original parcel of real estate in St. Louis County in March 1987, and constructed thereon a sixteen unit townhome development known as Banyan Townhomes. Union Electric owned a nearby substation and many of the properties surrounding the development. In March 1988, Banyan acquired from Union Electric a “triangular…