Kentucky & West Virginia Power Co. v. Elkhorn City Land Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

The three above styled appeals involve the same question and will be disposed of in one opinion.

The appellant is a power company and has constructed transmission lines from its power plant at Betsy Layne in Floyd county to various distributing centers in that and adjoining counties. In the course of this construction, it became necessary in some instances to condemn a right of way through the land of those property owners with whom the appellant could not agree for voluntary conveyances. Among such owners were the three appellees.

In the case of…