Duke Power Co. v. Winebarger

EXUM, Justice.

Respondents Worth and Rebecca Winebarger appeal from a judgment on a verdict assessing damages of $16,000 to compensate them for petitioner’s taking of an electric power line easement and right-of-way over their land. Error is assigned to certain evidentiary rulings and instructions thereon by the trial judge during trial. For errors committed in these rulings on questions propounded on cross-examination of respondents’ expert witnesses, we reverse the Court of Appeals and grant respondents a new trial.

The gist of this appeal lies in respondents’ disagreement with the adequacy…