LANG v. COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 40823.

261 F.Supp. 858 (1966)

Frederic A. LANG and Joan Goodrich Lang, his wife et al., v. COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Binder, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Peter Platten, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Pa., Jack Vickrey & Howard D. McCloud, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.


OPINION

JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, property owners in Chester County, Pennsylvania, have brought this action to eject the defendant from their land and to recover damages for trespass. They contend that the defendant had no right to embed a thirty inch diameter petroleum pipeline in their property and that the defendant has not complied with the necessary safety regulations to minimize its danger. Jurisdiction is predicated on diversity...

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