Willoughby v. Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.

McKAY, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit. Appellee, Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative, brought suit to condemn a portion of appellant T. R. Willoughby’s tract of land located in Smith County. The case was tried to a jury. However, the court granted appel-lee’s motion for judgment non obstante ve-redicto, awarded appellee its requested easement, and awarded appellant $633.75 for the permanent easement and $2,641.50 for the damage to the remaining portion of his tract.

Appellee filed this condemnation proceeding on April 29,1976, to obtain an easement for a power line on appellant’s land…