Whitlock v. Public Service Co. of Indiana, Inc.

This is an appeal from an eminent domain proceeding brought by the appellee, Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc., to secure an easement over appellant’s real estate in Vermillion county. Charles C. Whitlock and Birdella Whitlock, husband and wife, owners of the real estate by the entireties, filed objections to the amended complaint, stating among other things, that the appellee utility made no effort to purchase the easement from the owners prior to the bringing of the suit, as required by the statute. Burns’ 1946 Eepl., §3-1701, Acts of 1905, ch. 48, sec. 1, p. 59.

Evidence was…