Flynn v. Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company

BECKER, Justice.

Plaintiffs filed suit for declaratory judgment under Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure, #261 et seq. They seek construction of a right-of-way contract for gas pipeline purposes which would adjudicate the rights and obligations of the parties to the contract and their successors in interest. Plaintiffs’ petition alleges the right-of-way contract in question gives defendant the right only “to come upon the land of the Plaintiffs to manually repair and inspect the 4 inch pipeline, with such hand tools as may be necessary to perform this function. That the Defendant has no vested…