Adair v. N. W. Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.

HUNTER, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs, William Adair, James- Adair, Julia Young, Joe Adair, Martha Tyler, Kathryn Fairchild and Shirley Treasure, on May 15, 1957, brought this action in the *219Circuit Court of Henry County for $10,000 damages for trespass against defendant, N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., for ■constructing an electric transmission line across a 290-acre farm in Henry County, Missouri, without first having obtained from them an easement or right through eminent domain to do so. The defendant Power Cooperative interpleaded Minnie Adair, the mother of the seven plaintiffs, as…