Consolidated Gas Supply Corp. v. Matula

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Schenectady County, construing the provisions of a “ Right-of-Way Grant ” in favor of the respondents. In 1951 respondents conveyed to appellant’s predecessor in title an easement over a portion of their land to lay a pipeline. The conveying instrument contained a printed provision giving the appellant the right for a specified fee to lay an additional pipeline on respondents’ property “along side the first line * * * and not more than sixteen (16) feet therefrom ”. The conveyancing instrument also contained the following handwritten language:…