Port Hill Natural Gas Authority v. City of Easley

Toal, Justice:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in interpreting the Fort Hill Natural Gas Authority (hereinafter “Authority”) enabling act as requiring all profits not contracted for or under covenant to be disbursed to the Authority’s member towns. We affirm.

FACTS

The Fort Hill Natural Gas Authority was created by the legislature in 1952.1952 S.C. Acts 799 (hereinafter “Act”). At that time, the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company maintained a transmission line extending through northwestern South Carolina. The towns of Easley, Liberty, Central, Clemson,…