UNITED STATES EX REL. T. V. A. v. EASEMENTS & RIGHTS-OF-WAY

Nos. 18627-18630.

409 F.2d 660 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Upon the Relation and For the Use of the TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY, etc., Winchester Development Corporation, et al., Dorothy Kirby Wills, Vadis N. Jeter, et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Upon the Relation and For the Use of the TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. An EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY 200 FEET WIDE AND 1,022 FEET LONG OVER CERTAIN LAND IN SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Walter D. May, Jr., et ux., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Pedersen, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., for appellant; Robert H. Marquis, Gen. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, Beverly S. Burbage, William W. Hurst, Knoxville, Tenn., on brief.

Leo L. Cole and James N. Clay, III, Memphis, Tenn., for appellees in Nos. 18627-18629; Alfred B. Pittman, Memphis, Tenn., on brief.

Charles O. McPherson, Memphis, Tenn., for appellees in No. 18630; John S. Porter, Memphis, Tenn., on brief; Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., of counsel.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and PECK and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Chief Judge.

Tennessee Valley Authority has appealed from awards of compensation made to landowners by a three-Judge District Court panel in four condemnation actions. The awards were for easements taken by TVA for the construction, operation and maintenance of a 500,000-volt electric power transmission line with towers and attachments1. The easements taken were 200 feet in width and extended across four parcels of land owned by...

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