Kentucky, West Virginia Gas Co. v. Bolen

Opinion op the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner—

Reversing.

Appellees owned a tract of land containing 694 acres in Knott county. Appellant brought this action against them in Knott county court to condemn a right of way 16 feet wide for a gas pipe line, 3,929 feet or 238 rods long. The commissioners appointed by the county court fixed the damages at $238, or $1 a rod. On the trial before a jury in the county court there was a verdict and judgment fixing the damages at $500. The gas company appealed to the circuit court, and in that court there was a verdict and judgment fixing the damages at $625.…