Ostrem v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.

OPINION

Curtis Ostrem’s land lay in the path of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. For $11,988 he sold Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. [Alyeska] an easement over a 6.6 acre parcel of his land. By the terms of the easement, Alyes-ka had the right:

“to ... construct, lay, maintain, operate, use, inspect, repair, remove, change the size of and replace one pipe line and appurtenances thereto ... and to construct, lay, erect, maintain, operate, use, inspect, renew, add to and remove roads, electrical and/or communication lines and cables (both above and underground) and poles with all incidental equipment...

Aly…