Ralston v. Equitable Gas Co.

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 188
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 208

Syllabus

<p>Eminent domain — Condemnation proceedings — Effect of filing bond — Natural gas company.</p> <p>After the right to compensation has vested in a landowner in condemnation proceedings by the filing of a bond by a public service company, the corporation cannot defeat the claim of the owner for damages, or diminish the amount of damages by the abandonment of the property, or by concession, or reconveyance to the owners of any part of the right of way, or of any rights or easement below or above the surface acquired by it. Thus where a natural gas company has filed a bond, it cannot at the trial to fix the damages, offer in evidence so as to lessen the damages, a stipulation not assented to by the owner, by which the company agrees that in case the lands shall be laid out in the future according to a plan of streets and alleys, the location of the pipe lines shall be changed, so that the pipes shall follow the linee of the streets and alleys.</p>