Hope Land Mineral Corp. v. Christian

Defendant Stewart Christian, in his capacity as personal representative of the estate of Elmo C. Kuhns, and intervening defendantcounteiplaintiff Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company appeal as of right the trial court’s judgment for plaintiff Hope Land Mineral Corporation in this action to quiet title in underground natural gas storage rights. We affirm.

By 1977, Elmo Kuhns and his wife, Rhea Kuhns, owned a one-half interest in approximately 330 acres of land in Genoa Township. Their son and his wife, Bernard and Betty Kuhns, owned the other one-half interest. The Kuhnses, Elmo, Rhea, Bernard,…