Bruen v. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Columbia Gas Transmission Cor poration, the defendant below, from the May 9, 1991 order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, which upheld a jury verdict against the appellant. The appellees and plaintiffs below are: Edward F.L. Bruen, Loma Harrah Bruen, and Nicholas Livingston Bruen, as co-executors of the estate of Alexander Jay Bruen, Jr.; Edward F.L. Bruen, Constance Bruen Barrow and Evelyn Bruen Trevor, and Dora D.B. Ide, and Citibank, N.A., as trustees under the will of John Jay Ide.

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At issue in this case is an oil…