Legal Opinion

Compton v. Williams Bros. Pipeline Company

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 14, 1973No. 56555PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Plaintiffs have appealed from the judgment of the trial court in their action for actual and punitive damages against Williams Bros. Pipeline Company. At the time the notice of appeal was filed appellate jurisdiction was in this court by reason of the amount in dispute.

Appellants alleged, and presented evidence in support thereof, that they granted respondent an easement to construct and maintain a pipeline across their land, that respondent agreed to construct the pipeline south of the proposed location of an earthen dam, but that the pipeline was constructed north of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Coonis v. RogersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
  2. Adelstein v. Jefferson Bank and Trust CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
  3. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. BrueningSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  4. Lawson v. CooperMissouri Court of Appeals · 1972
  5. Scheid v. PinkhamMissouri Court of Appeals · 1965

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Kenneth G. Hicks, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Brown Group, Inc., D/B/A Brown Shoe Company, Inc., Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  2. Ellison v. FrySupreme Court of Missouri · 2014
  3. Smith v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1997
  4. Thomas M. Walsh and Jack D. Roberts, Individually and on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Ingersoll-Rand CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  5. Williams v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003

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