Basin Electric Power Cooperative v. Lang

DOUGLAS B. HEEN, District Judge.

Defendants Ernest R. and Rosemary Lang have appealed a district court judgment in eminent domain whereby the defendants were awarded damages for an easement taken by the plaintiff across certain lands owned by the defendants in Bur-leigh County. Mr. Lang is serving as attorney for himself and for his wife.

Service of the summons and complaint upon the defendants was made on December 21, 1971. A demand for jury trial was endorsed on the complaint. In March 1972, Mr. Lang appeared at the office of *720the plaintiff’s attorney and entered into damage negotiations which…