Acree v. Shell Oil Co.

POLOZOLA, District Judge:

This case is before the Court for a determination of whether the defendants have a contractual right under the terms of an oil and gas lease to lay a pipeline across plaintiffs’ property.

The plaintiffs, Page W. Aeree, Elizabeth Smith Aeree, William Smith Aeree, and Kathy Sartori Aeree (Aerees) filed this suit against Shell Oil Company (Shell), Shell Chemical Company (Shell), and an unknown pipeline company. Plaintiffs contend that they have been damaged due to a trespass of their property by the defendants who came upon plaintiffs’ property, over plaintiffs’…