Illinois Power Co. v. Wieland

Appellant, a public service corporation, having first obtained from the Illinois Commerce Commission a certificate of convenience and necessity for the construction of a rural electric transmission line, filed its petition in the county court of Sangamon county against appellees to acquire by condemnation a right of way for the construction of such line for the conveyance of electric energy for light and power purposes, for local tap-service, over portions of the premises of the several appellees heretofore devoted to highway purposes, by placing poles upon a ten-foot strip in the highway in…