BASIN ELEC. POWER CO-OP. v. LANG

Nos. 13075-13078.

304 N.W.2d 715 (1981)

BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, a corporation, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Delano W. LANG ( # 13075); Elmer F. Lang (# 13076); Jacob Lang ( # 13077); and Monrad Vikse (# 13078), Defendants and Appellants, and Farmers Home Administration, Campbell County, Elizabeth Lang, and 1st National Bank of Linton, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Murphy of Donley & Murphy, Elk Point, for plaintiff and appellee.

Richard E. Bleau, Herreid, Joseph A. Vogel, Jr., Mandan, N.D., for defendants and appellants.


WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

Appellants are the individual owners of land in Campbell County, South Dakota. Appellee, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, commenced condemnation actions against appellants to obtain perpetual easements and rights-of-way over their separate tracts for the construction and operation of a 500,000 volt electrical transmission line. By stipulation and order, the individual cases were consolidated and tried before a jury. The jury returned verdicts...

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