United States v. Gallas

NORTHROP, District Judge.

The United States has brought a civil action titled a Complaint in Ejectment in which it seeks legal and equitable relief from the alleged encroachment by the defendant on a thirty-five foot wide easement owned by the government. Jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1345 (1963). The easement in question was conveyed to the plaintiff in 1942 as part of the route for a twenty-four inch water pipeline installed in Harford County, Maryland, to service the armed forces installation at the Edgewood Arsenal. The plaintiff requests a declaration by the court that the…