SMITH v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC

[No. 321, September Term, 1963.]

236 Md. 51 (1964)

202 A.2d 604

SMITH ET AL. v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waldo Burnside for Alfred H. Smith, one of the appellants.

Alger Y. Barbee, with whom were Charles C. Futterer and Barbee & Starratt on the brief, for the Thos. Somerville Company, the other appellant.

Richard W. Emory, with whom were Jerrold V. Powers, Cornelius Means, Venable, Baetjer & Howard and Sasscer, Clagett & Powers on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HAMMOND, HORNEY, MARBURY and SYBERT, JJ.


BRUNE, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The property owner, Thos. Somerville Co. (Somerville), and Alfred H. Smith, who, for convenience, may be called Somerville's tenant or lessee, appeal separately (both appeals being combined in one record) from judgments entered upon the inquisition of a jury in a condemnation suit instituted by Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO). The taking by eminent domain is for purposes of a high tension electric line, and the...

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