VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. PICKETT


89 S.E.2d 76 (1955)

197 Va. 269

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. Bettle Pauline Poland PICKETT et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Ralph H. Ferrell, Jr., E. Milton Farley, III, Richmond, for appellant.

Stilson H. Hall, Carleton Penn, II, Leesburg, for appellees.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

This is a condemnation case in which the condemner, Virginia Electric and Power Company, claims that the commissioners awarded the landowners excessive damages and that the trial court erred in refusing to set aside their report.

Two tracts of land are involved, one referred to as the Poland tract and the other as the Latham tract, located mostly in Loudoun county but partly in Prince William county.

Over each the Company takes a...

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