UNITED STATES EX REL. T. V. A. v. EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY

Nos. 18252, 18253.

405 F.2d 305 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, upon the relation and for the Use of the TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. An EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY 200 Feet Wide and 3,435 Feet Long OVER A TRACT OF LAND IN MADISON, COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Minnie L. Moore, et al., Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Morrison, and Carmack Murchison, Jackson, Tenn., for appellant and cross-appellee; Murchison & Murchison, Jackson, Tenn., of counsel.

Thomas A. Pedersen, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn. (Robert H. Marquis, Gen. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., Paul T. Dunn, Knoxville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before PECK, McCREE, and COMBS, Circuit Judges.


COMBS, Circuit Judge.

The United States, pursuant to the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, 16 U. S.C. § 831 et seq., instituted proceedings in District Court to condemn a permanent easement and right of way across appellants' property for electric power lines and supporting towers. The three commissioners appointed in accordance with Section 831x awarded $35,000 as compensation; both TVA and the property owners excepted. The commissioners' award was reduced to...

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