STATE EX REL. KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT CO. v. PARMA

No. 54837.

467 S.W.2d 43 (1971)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant, v. W. F. PARMA et al., Exceptions of Charles D. Barron et al., and Exceptions of Kansas City Power & Light Company as to Tract No. 4 (the Barron Tract), Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

May 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell L. Smithson, Howard F. Sachs, F. Lee Major, III, Kansas City, James M. Farley, Farley, for appellant Kansas City Power & Light Co.; Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, Farley & Mos, Farley, of counsel.

James T. Seigfreid, J. Nelson Happy, Kansas City, John R. Moore, Platte City, for respondents; Dietrich, Davis, Burrell, Dicus & Rowlands, Kansas City, John R. Moore, Platte City, of counsel.


BARDGETT, Judge.

This is a suit in condemnation whereby plaintiff electric utility acquired an easement across a corner of defendants Barrons' land for power transmission lines. Court-appointed commissioners assessed defendants' damages at $6240 and plaintiff and defendants both filed exceptions. Trial in circuit court resulted in a jury verdict awarding defendants $25,000 to which a credit of $6240 was applied, representing plaintiff's earlier payment of the commissioners...

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