PETTIS v. GENERAL TEL. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 28539.

66 Cal.2d 503 (1967)

426 P.2d 884

58 Cal. Rptr. 316

WILLIAM D. PETTIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Heller, Ronald A. Hecker, Welch & Owen and Curt Owen for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John Ormasa, Robert Salter, W.H. Owens, Albert M. Hart, H. Ralph Snyder, Jr., and Donald J. Duckett for Defendants and Respondents.

Harry S. Fenton, Robert F. Carlson and James M. Moose, Jr., as Amici Curiae.


BURKE, J.

Plaintiff landowner appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendants General Telephone Company and Southern California Gas Company on his fifth amended complaint to quiet title, for an injunction to compel removal of underground utility lines, and for damages for trespass. As will appear, we have concluded that upon the record presented the summary judgment was erroneously granted and should be reversed....

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