Jakobsen v. Colonial Pipeline Co.

Clarke, Chief Justice.

In 1988, appellant Jakobsen acquired real property in DeKalb County which was subject to four partially overlapping petroleum pipeline easements of appellees Colonial Pipeline Company (Colonial) and Plantation Pipeline Company (Plantation). In the latter part of 1989, Colonial and Plantation cut the timber on these easements under the authority of a court order. After the trial court entered this order, the United States Department of Transportation notified appellees that they were in “probable violation” of pipeline safety regulations, 49 CFR Part 195 et seq., in that…