Quintain Development, LLC v. Columbia Natural Resources, Inc.

DAVIS, Justice:

This case involves the relocation of a sixteen-inch natural gas pipeline owned by Columbia Natural Resources, Inc. (hereinafter CNR), defendant below and appellant, that crossed certain tracts of land through easements obtained by CNR’s predecessor in interest. The instant injunction action was filed by the appellee, Quintain Development, LLC (hereinafter “Quintain”), to compel CNR to relocate its pipeline at its own expense to enable Quintain to remove coal from the property by means of surface mining or mountain-top removal.1 The circuit court found that the deed instruments…