Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. v. State

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

The issue here is whether the appellants, Tennessee Gas Transmission Company, Trunkline Gas Company, and American Louisiana Pipe Line Company, are liable for nominal damages to the State of Arkansas for having constructed pipe lines used in transporting natural gas in interstate commerce under the bed of the Mississippi River at a point in Chicot County, Arkansas, the line crossing the river from Chicot County to the State of Mississippi. The trial court ruled that the pipe line companies are liable for such damages. There is no dispute as to the facts; only…