United States v. An Easement & Right-of-Way 200 Feet Wide & 874 Feet Long Over Certain Land

CLAYTON, District Judge.

In this condemnation proceeding by the United States under the Tennessee Valley-Authority Act1 to condemn an electric, power transmission line easement across, a tract of land in DeSoto County, Mississippi, the owners of the land have answered in these proceedings and denied, that this court has jurisdiction of the cause and power to appoint Commission*377■ers or put plaintiff in possession, and that plaintiff has authority to condemn the property. The essence of these asserted ■defenses is, apparently, that the condemned easement does not follow a primary survey or route…