Feibelman v. Trunkline Gas Co.

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is an action in eminent domain brought by appellee, Trunkline Gas Company, against appellant, Karoline Feibelman, for the acquisition of an easement for pipeline purposes across land owned by appellant.

The strip of land condemned for the construction of the pipeline ran diagonally across a sizeable portion of appellant’s property and cut across a canal leading from a deep well which carried irrigation water from the well to other parts of the farm.

At the time of the construction of the pipeline, the land was being farmed in rice and the crop was almost…