Mendocino Railway v. Meyer

Filed 12/9/25; Certified for Publication 1/7/26 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE MENDOCINO RAILWAY, Plaintiff and Appellant, A168497, A168959 v. JOHN MEYER, (Mendocino County Super. Ct. No. SCUK-CVED- Defendant and Respondent. 2020-74939) Plaintiff Mendocino Railway appeals from the judgment following a multi-day bench trial in which the trial court ruled Mendocino Railway did not qualify as a public utility with the power of eminent domain—and even if it had public utility status—it failed to meet the statutory…