STATE OF CALIF., DEPT OF WATER RESOURCES v. TEXACO

Docket No. 1491.

25 Cal.App.3d 514 (1972)

101 Cal. Rptr. 923

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TEXACO, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

May 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Robert Burton, Assistant Attorney General, and Richard D. Martland, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Borton, Petrini, Conron, Wetteroth, Hitchcock, Werdel & Kuhs and Leonard Seaman for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

STONE, P.J.

In the course of constructing the California Aqueduct along the west side of Kern County, appellant condemned a right of way, of which approximately 28.2 miles were intersected by three oil pipelines owned and operated by respondent, Texaco. The pipelines had to be relocated and a controversy arose over whether appellant, as condemner, was liable for the cost of relocating the lines.

Texaco's right to maintain...

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