People v. Olsen

MR. JUSTICE THOMPSON (R. L.) Delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal on the part of the defendants George W. Olsen and Nelson A. Olsen, from a decree in a suit involving eminent domain.

The action was instituted by the state of California through its department of public works to condemn a strip of land in Plumas County for highway purposes. The appellants own a tract of land east of the town of Chester bordering on the northern shore of Lake Almanor in that county. The Great Western Power Company owns most of the land involved in this controversy. It was a party defendant in this…