International Nickel Co. v. Commonwealth Gas Corp.

Browning, Judge:

Plaintiff, the International Nickel Company, Inc., a corporation, hereinafter referred to as Nickel, is engaged in manufacturing at a plant in or near the City of Huntington, West Virginia, in the process of which it consumes large quantities of natural gas. The defendant, Commonwealth Gas Corporation, hereinafter called Commonwealth, is a private corporation engaged in the production and sale of natural gas. For a number of years Commonwealth, and its corporate predecessors, have supplied Nickel with the major portion of its gas requirements at a fixed price per MCF.…