Phillips Natural Gas Co. v. Cardiff

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by Phillips Natural Gas Company (PNG), appellant, from a partial summary judgment granted John V. Cardiff, Jr., et al., appellees, from the denial of a second motion for partial summary judgment by PNG, and from an award of damages by the jury.

In 1975, Seaway Pipeline, Inc. (Seaway) constructed a 500-mile, 30-inch pipeline from Freeport, Texas to Cushing, Oklahoma. By agreement dated March 4, 1976, Seaway purchased a private easement in the Cardiffs’ property for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating a pipeline “solely for the…