Richardson v. Northwest Central Pipeline Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is a direct appeal from a district court order granting appellees’ motion for summary judgment. Appellant contends, inter alia, that genuine issues of material fact precluded such a decision, and that appellant’s own motion for summary judgment should have prevailed.

On January 11, 1951, Nettie Kessinger, a widow; her three sons Calvin, a widower, Henry, and Harold; and their respective wives, Mary and Viola, entered into a gas storage lease with Cities Service Gas Company. The lease covered 366 acres of land in Leavenworth County, Kansas,…