United States v. Harry S. Cross, Jr.

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this action seeking an injunction to prevent Harry S. Cross from constructing a building on its easement over lands upon which the Bureau of Reclamation had constructed and was operating a high voltage electric transmission line. Cross admitted the proposed construction, but denied that it was an encroachment on the rights granted by the easement. The trial court held, on stipulated facts, that the easement couched' in general terms had been, over the years, construed by the parties as permitting such construction and denied the relief sought,…