Hardy Salt Co. v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals seek reversal of a judgment of the District Court dismissing the appellants’ actions for damages and injunctive relief for injuries claimed to result from the construction and operation of a causeway across the Great Salt Lake of Utah by appellee Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

In 1956 the State of Utah granted Southern Pacific an easement across the Lake for railroad purposes. In 1959 Southern Pacific completed construction of the rock and earth fill causeway which separated the northern one-third of the Lake from the southern…