Prairie Pipe Line Co. v. Shipp

In February 1921, the plaintiff filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, under Section 1791, Revised Statutes 1919, for the condemnation of a right of way for a pipe line across and under certain tracts of land in that county, one of which was owned by Benjamin Shipp and wife and the other by L.B. Gibson and wife, who are the defendants herein and own their respective lands by the entirety.

Commissioners were appointed in conformity with the prescribed statutory procedure who assessed nominal damages in favor of the owners of the land. The plaintiff proceeded under this…