Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. v. Strickland

640 S.E.2d 856 (2007)

PROGRESS ENERGY CAROLINAS, INC., Petitioner,

v.

William Howell STRICKLAND, Respondent.

No. COA06-20.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 2007.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., John C. Cooke, and Elizabeth T. Smith, and The Yarborough Law Firm, by Garris Neil Yarborough, Raleigh, for petitioner-appellee.

Vandeventer Black LLP, by David P. Ferrell, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant.

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner sought to condemn an easement across respondent's property as part of a plan to build a 230 kilovolt power line across…