Hiatt v. Wichita Natural Gas Co.
Hiatt v. Wichita Natural Gas Co.
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
L. L. Hiatt, the owner of one tract of land and the lessee of another, on each of which the Wichita Natural Gas Company maintains a pipe line and telephone line, brought this action for damages sustained by the construction and maintenance thereof. Liability was admitted with respect to claims on account of injury to his crops, but allegations with respect to other items were stricken from the petition on motion of the defendant, and from this ruling the plaintiff appeals.
The judgment is affirmed.
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- L. L. Hiatt v. Wichita Natural Gas Company
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- SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. Damages — Maintenance of Pipe Line and Telephone Line Across Farm Lands■ — Contract Interpreted. In an action for damages resulting from the maintenance of a pipe line and telephone line under a grant of a right of way with respect thereto it is held that (1) An agreement to pay for any resulting injury to crops does not impose a liability on account of the frightening of grazing cattle so that they will not eat the grass; (2) A subsequent agreement on the' part of the grantee of the right of way not to exercise the right given until after the grazing season is not enforceable unless supported by a new consideration; (3) A provision that the right of way is for one line only, following a grant of a right to construct pipe lines and telephone lines, is to be interpreted as permitting the construction of one pipe line and one telephone line.