Tennessee Eastern Electric Co. v. Link

The petitioner, an electric power company, sought by the proceedings in this cause to acquire by condemnation 29.173 acres of land belonging to defendants, as it would be necessary to flood this acreage in raising its dam to the required height for the additional power desired for public usage. There was no question made as to the right of the company to so acquire the land for such purposes, upon proper compensation for the land taken and payment of the incidental damages resulting to the other lands of the defendants effected by the taking, but the controversy has arisen over the damages.

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