Dallas Power & Light Co. v. Edwards

This is a proceeding by appellant in the exercise of the right of eminent domain possessed by it to condemn to its use a plat of ground 25 feet square out of an 8-acre tract owned by appellees upon which to construct -a steel tower, from which to-string its wires for the transmission of electricity, and to acquire an easement over and across the entire tract for its wires. The proceeding was referred in the usual way to-commissioners who reported. The report was objected to by the appellees on the ground that the amount awarded for the land and easement was inadequate. The issue of the amount…