Legal Opinion

Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.

Columbiana County Probate Court

Decided April 24, 1953No. Nos. 49019, 49020, 49021, 49022, 49023, 49024, 49047, 49048PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*266OPINION

By TOBIN, J.

The Defendant, by its Demurrer, has raised two questions:—

I

PLAINTIFF CORPORATION DOES NOT HAVE THE PROCEDURAL RIGHT TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATION IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE FORUM, BECAUSE ONLY THOSE CORPORATIONS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY OHIO STATUTE TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATION HAVE SUCH RIGHT WITHIN THE MEANING OF §11046 GC, AND NO OHIO STATUTE AUTHORIZES PLAINTIFF CORPORATION TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATION.

II

PLAINTIFF DOES NOT HAVE A VALID FEDERAL SUBSTANTIVE RIGHT TO APPROPRIATE, IN THAT SECTION 7 (h) OF THE FEDERAL NATURAL GAS ACT, IF APPLICABLE HERE BY REASON OF ANY SUPPOSED…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. West v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. an Exclusive Gas Storage EasementDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1984
  2. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. 104 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Providence CountyDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1993
  3. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of Amer. v. Iowa State Com. Com'nDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1974

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