Collins v. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

This is an appeal by Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, Columbia Coal Gasifi-cation Corporation, Columbia Natural Resources, Inc., and Laurel Creek Co., Inc. (the appellants), from a judgment order of the Circuit Court of Lincoln County upholding a jury verdict in favor of the appellees, heirs of the late Louisa Collins. The jury verdict and judgment order awarded title to the minerals underlying three tracts of land (consisting of five, eighty, and 457 acres, respectively) in Lincoln and Wayne Counties to the appellees. The appellees contend that their predecessors in title granted…