MONTANA POWER COMPANY v. WOLFE

No. 13022.

545 P.2d 674 (1976)

The MONTANA POWER COMPANY, a Montana Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Samuel WOLFE and Lynn Wolfe et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 4, 1976.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Missoula, James C. Garlington, argued, Missoula, for plaintiff and appellant.

McGarvey & Moore, Kalispell, Dale L. McGarvey argued, Kalispell, Goldman, McChesney & Eck, Laurence Eck, argued, Missoula, for defendants and respondents.


CASTLES, Justice.

In this eminent domain proceeding plaintiff Montana Power Company appeals the judgment entered on a jury's award of compensation for a strip of defendant's land condemned as an easement for plaintiff's 161-KV power transmission line. We affirm the judgment.

The easement condemned is a strip of land 80 feet wide, stretching 1,167 feet along the upper bench portion of defendant's 5200 acre ranch located on the east side of the Bitterroot Valley...

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