Delhi Gas Pipeline Corp. v. Dixon

OPINION

DICKENSON, Justice.

Delhi Gas Pipeline Corporation laid a gas gathering line to transport natural gas from a well [located on a 687.59-acre unit containing the 29.98-acre tract owned by John Ross Dixon] to its gas transmission line. The only gas in the line across Dixon’s property came from the well on the gas unit which included his property. The trial court denied Delhi’s motion for summary judgment and granted Dixon’s motion for partial summary judgment. After the jury found actual damages in the sum of $7,000 and punitive damages in the sum of $10,000, the trial court rendered…