BLASDEL v. MONTANA POWER CO.

No. 80-208.

640 P.2d 889 (1982)

J.O. BLASDEL and Ethel Blasdel, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. The MONTANA POWER COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warden, Christiansen & Johnson, Kalispell, Merritt N. Warden, argued, Kalispell, for defendant and appellant.

McGarvey, Lence & Heberling, Kalispell, Jon L. Heberling, argued, Kalispell, for plaintiffs and respondents.


HARRISON, Justice.

In this inverse condemnation action the defendant, Montana Power Company, appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs landowners.

Plaintiffs-respondents, the Blasdels, filed suit on December 1, 1960, against the Montana Power Company for inverse condemnation of the Blasdel farm. Blasdels claim that Montana Power Company's construction and operation of the Kerr Dam on Flathead Lake caused...

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