Telford Lands LLC v. Cain

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal out of Butte County from a judgment condemning an easement across the appellants’ real property for an irrigation pipeline installed by the respondents so that they can save water by avoiding the conveyance losses that occurred while using the Moore Canal to transport their water. We affirm the judgment as to the right to condemn the easement, direct the court to modify the easement as to one party, and vacate the dismissal of appellants’ counterclaim.

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Factual Background.

Telford Lands LLC, Mitchell D. Sorensen, and PU Ranch (“the Ranchers”) are each owners…