NORTHEAST MISSOURI ELECTRIC POWER COOP. v. TODD

No. 32172.

401 S.W.2d 161 (1966)

NORTHEAST MISSOURI ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, a Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. C. S. TODD and Reba Todd, His Wife, and Champ B. Todd and Mary Ellen Todd, His Wife, Defendants-Appellants.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

March 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Andy Zenge, Jr., Dennis W. Smith, Canton, for appellants.

J. Patrick Wheeler, Canton, Gregory C. Stockard, Jefferson City, for respondent.


CLEMENS, Commissioner.

This is a condemnation suit for a power line right-of-way across the defendants' farm. There was a $3,290 verdict and judgment for the defendants, but they appealed when the trial court set aside that judgment and granted the plaintiff a new trial. Although there were four owner-defendants, only Champ B. Todd took part in the proceedings and he will be referred to in the singular as the defendant.

We first note the narrowed scope of...

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