Yellowstone Pipe Line Company v. Drummond

PORTER, Justice.

On March 25, 1954, respondent filed its amended complaint seeking to condemn a right-of-way for a pipeline across certain mining claims owned by appellants or in which they claim an interest. Respondent seeks a right-of-way 50 feet wide during construction of its proposed pipeline and 20 feet wide permanently thereafter. Its proposed pipeline is for the purpose of transporting petroleum and petroleum products from Montana across the State of Idaho to Spokane, Washington, as a distributing point. Part of such materials are to be hauled back by truck from the distributing point…