Natl. Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. Marie Anger

Case held, decision reserved and matter remitted to Supreme Court, Erie County, for further proceedings, in accordance with the following memorandum: Claimant seeks compensation for the value of gas and oil storage rights and natural gas reserves on his land which were acquired on October 27, 1982 by National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation pursuant to ECL 23-1303. After a trial on valuation, the court dismissed the claim, concluding that claimant had failed to demonstrate the existence of commercially recoverable gas. The sole fact found by the trial court was that six previous wells failed to…