Board of Trade Telegraph Co. v. Darst

The appellant filed its petition in the court below against the appellee to condemn a right of way for its telegraph line over so much of a strip six feet in width of one side of a public highway as should be necessary for its poles and wires. The highway was called “White Oak road,” and passes through appellee’s farm, the title tb which strip belbnged to appellee in fee, subject to the easement in the public. The farm contained 126 acres, and was of the value of about $125 per acre. It was divided by the White Oak road and also by the Lake Brie and Western railroad. There were twenty-six…