State Ex Rel. Northern States Power Co. v. Teigen

MORRIS, Judge.

The relator has made an application to this court for the exercise of the superintending control over inferior courts vested in it by Section 86 of the North Dakota Constitution and asks that an appropriate writ be issued under the power of this court provided by Section 87.

On or about June 20, 1956, the relator, Northern States Power Company, commenced three actions in eminent domain in the District Court of Ward County to secure a right of way for the erection and maintenance of an electric power line. In one action Oscar N. Johnson, Marcella Johnson, Aurelia King,…