Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC v. Haas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT | DISTRICT OF MARYLAND COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC, Plaintiff, ve Civil Action No. TDC-17-1147 JANET MALIN HAAS and MELVIN LEROY HAAS, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION □ Plaintiff Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (“Columbia”) filed this breach of contract action against Defendants Janet Malin Haas and Melvin Leroy Haas (“the Haases”) to enforce an easement traversing Defendants’ residential property. Columbia asserts that a Japanese maple tree planted near an underground gas pipeline owned by Columbia must be removed under the terms of the easement. Defendants…