Helms v. Tullis

Appellants, Oscar and Martha Helms, are the owners of a forty-acre tract of land in DeKalb County, described as the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 10, Township 7, Range 8, which they purchased in 1977 from Appellees Ida and Elizabeth Tullis. Between the land owned by the Helmses and the nearest public road, Highway 35, there is a one-acre lot located in the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 10, owned by the Tullises. The Helmses moved a house trailer onto their 40-acre tract, and sought to have electrical service furnished to their trailer by way of a power line to be run from the road over the…