An Alberta farmer will receive more than $100,000 in compensation and legal fees from a pipeline company after a battle that lasted more than 10 years and began after the business refused to pay for a thin layer of manure. The dispute began in 1998 over a project proposed by Alliance Pipeline, when the farmer, Vernon Joseph Smith, asked the company to restore his land, following an expropriation agreement. When Alliance Pipeline failed to restore Smith’s land in a timely manner, he eventually did the work himself by spreading manure over the area and sending the company a bill for about $10,000, which launched a lengthy series of negotiations, court battles and appeals that finally ended Friday at the Supreme Court of Canada.