Nothing is said about price in the article, but I’d bet none of the people who work in rooms heated in winter and air-conditioned in summer buy their maple syrup thinking about trees and what it takes to get syrup out of the trees and into the bottle. Or that the maple trees take decades to replace in the farmer’s income.

These trees are not junk, they are standing capital in a productive industry. The judge’s duty is clear: no condemnation without just compensation. Hollerans should be compensated for their capital, loss of income for an indefinite long time, extra work crossing the right of way and aesthetic loss.

This is more externalized cost of the industry – cost of their initiative put off on someone else.

The goons are out again. This is shameful.

If a company wants property, let them buy it through direct negotiation with the landowner or homeowner. If they can’t meet the price the property owner asks, then no deal.

Any judge who rules in favor of eminent domain for private gain (and NO ……. pipelines are NOT a public service!) should be removed from the bench and lose any right, now and in the future, to ever occupy that or a similar position.

It is unconstitutional. Period.