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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. COLEMAN

183 S.E.2d 130 (1971)

212 Va. 171

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. Robert S. COLEMAN et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Milton Farley, III, Richmond (George D. Gibson, Virginia H. Hackney, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, on the brief), for appellant.

Vance M. Fry, Orange (Higginbotham & Fry, Orange, on the brief), for appellees.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.

CARRICO, Justice.

Virginia Electric and Power Company filed a petition in the trial court in which it sought to condemn a right-of-way 30 feet in width across the property of Robert S. Coleman and Dorothy H. Coleman for construction of a pole line. In addition, VEPCO sought to acquire the right to remove trees outside the right-of-way "which in falling or being felled could come within ten feet of any conductor."

The landowners filed a motion that VEPCO be...

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