Kentucky Utilities Company v. Hunt

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

This is a suit to condemn an easement on a strip of land 50 feet wide and 1,222 feet long over the farm of the appellee for the purpose of erecting a transmission line. The line consists of two wooden towers of two poles each placed in the ground .14 feet apart, with wooden cross-arms near the top about '29 feet long. The wires carrying the electric current are attached to these cross-arms by insulators. The wires are maintained at least 25 feet above the ground, and the towers are 600 feet apart. The appellant also has the right to place a…