Gas Company Digging Up My Yard

[sgtpeeper]

North Carolina

I have a 50' easement through my front yard that has a gas pipeline running underground. Today, someone with the gas company was out digging up part of it to look at the pipes. The area in which they were digging is very oddly shaped, and it's very difficult looking at the survey for me to know where the easement and non-easement property is. I suspect that they went over non-easement property to get to the pipes. In doing so, they rutted up the yard and have not fixed the damage.

My question is, are they obligated to repair the damage in the easement? If they aren't obligated, I find easements very confusing. Why do I own and maintain this land if they can come in and do whatever they want, including damage it and detract from its appearance? Could I try to sell it to them so I don't have to worry about it anymore?

Thank you

 

[HomeGuru]

Read your easement document.
The co. has a right to dig but they must also restore to oringingal condition.
So call them up and give them gas.

 

[lam59]

North Carolina

I have a 50' easement through my front yard that has a gas pipeline running underground. Today, someone with the gas company was out digging up part of it to look at the pipes. The area in which they were digging is very oddly shaped, and it's very difficult looking at the survey for me to know where the easement and non-easement property is. I suspect that they went over non-easement property to get to the pipes. In doing so, they rutted up the yard and have not fixed the damage.

My question is, are they obligated to repair the damage in the easement? If they aren't obligated, I find easements very confusing. Why do I own and maintain this land if they can come in and do whatever they want, including damage it and detract from its appearance? Could I try to sell it to them so I don't have to worry about it anymore?

Thank you

This same thing happened to me today in PA. The gas company dug a huge hole in my front yard to run gas to the new house across the street. They didn't let me know they were doing this, and just filled in the hole with dirt, so now I have a huge mound of dirt and mud instead of the nice grass that was there! I think they should be held accountable to restore your property to it's origonal state! I am going to persue it, and will let you know if I get any results!

 

[FarmerJ]

AUG 2001 lam59 did you see that date, Please start from scratch and make your own thread ( use your copy n paste to keep what you wrote ) then make new , go back to this one and edit and delete , why because its considered a necropost ( dead thread)

 

[Zigner]

This same thing happened to me today in PA. The gas company dug a huge hole in my front yard to run gas to the new house across the street. They didn't let me know they were doing this, and just filled in the hole with dirt, so now I have a huge mound of dirt and mud instead of the nice grass that was there! I think they should be held accountable to restore your property to it's origonal state! I am going to persue it, and will let you know if I get any results!

This thread is over 11 years old - please don't necropost