Transwestern Pipe Line Company v. Yandell

367 P.2d 938 (1961)

69 N.M. 448

TRANSWESTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

Cecil E. YANDELL et al., Respondents-Appellees.

No. 6926.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 20, 1961.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1962.

Smith, Smith & Tharp, Clovis, Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, James W. McCartney, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Dan B. Buzzard, Clovis, for appellee.

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation action whereby appellant, a natural gas company, sought to acquire by its powers of eminent domain under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717 et seq., rights of way and easements 66…