Melrose Fish & Game Club, Inc. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.

The plaintiff, Melrose Fish and Game Club, Inc. (club), sued Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (TGP), in Superior Court for trespass because of TGP’s alleged interference with an easement 1 and breach of contract. The suit arises from TGP’s construction, in 1998, of a natural gas pipeline facility across the entire width of Cheever Avenue in Saugus, a paper street over which the club claims an easement.

On cross motions for summary judgment, the Superior Court judge allowed TGP’s motion and denied the club’s. The judge ruled, first, that the breach of contract claim was barred by the…