Sinclair Pipe Line Company v. United States

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff sues to recover just compensation for the alleged taking of its right to maintain and operate a section of pipeline across land acquired by defendant through condemnation proceedings. Plaintiff had acquired from the former owner permission to maintain its pipeline on the land condemned by defendant, but, upon acquisition of the property by defendant, it was required to remove its pipeline from the property.

A section of plaintiff’s pipeline system had been maintained and operated on land owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, under…