Cline v. Kansas Gas & Electric Company

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This appeal arises out of a condemnation proceeding wherein the Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a corporation, sought to appropriate a right of way across land owned by A. W. Cline for the purpose of constructing an electric high line.

For convenience, we will refer to the condemner as the company and to the condemnee as the owner.

The commissioners in condemnation awarded the owner a total of $8,935 damages. He appealed to the district court, his notice of appeal setting forth that he

“. . . is dissatisfied with and aggrieved by and intends to…