Legal Opinion
Pocahontas Min. Ltd. v. Cnx Gas Co., LLC
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 12, 2008No. Record 071608.; Record 071609PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.
In this appeal, we consider whether the provisions in a lease granting to a lessee exclusive rights in coalseam gas on the lessor's property also granted to the lessee the exclusive right to construct and maintain pipelines and structures to transport any gas over the lessor's property.
Pocahontas Mining Limited Liability Company (Pocahontas) is the owner of a tract of land consisting of over 20,000 acres (the property) located partially in Buchanan and Tazewell Counties, and partially in West Virginia. In 1998, Pocahontas 1 entered into a lease (the…
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