Eastern Municipal Water District v. Superior Court

Opinion

McKINSTER, J.—

INTRODUCTION

This is an eminent domain action in which petitioner Eastern Municipal Water District (district) seeks to acquire an easement across property owned by real parties in interest 1 for the purpose of laying an underground pipeline. At the time of filing, the property was vacant land. The issue before us is whether the trial court properly determined that the “valuation date” for the property should be changed from the date on which a deposit of “probable compensation” was made by the district to the date of trial. (See Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1263.110, 1263.120,…