Legal Opinion
Virginia Natural Gas Co. v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 21, 1995No. Record 940599PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
In this appeal, we decide issues arising from a grantor’s claim for rescission of a utility easement on the ground that it was procured by fraud, misrepresentation, and mistake.
In the latter part of the 1980s, Virginia Natural Gas Company, Inc. (the gas company) planned to construct a natural gas transmission line beginning just west of Quantico and terminating in James City County. A part of the proposed line ran through Hanover County.
On January 12, 1988, Otto F. Hamilton, Jr. (Hamilton), a trustee of the Hamilton Trust (the trust), granted permission to the gas company to survey a route…
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