Potter v. Northern Natural Gas Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

This appeal was taken from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant on the pleadings. The action was filed by a landowner, George L. Potter, against a pipeline company operating a pipeline across plaintiff’s property for the transmission of natural gas. The purpose of the action is to require the company to pay the expense of lowering 300 feet of pipeline and to recover *529damages for failure to do so under the terms of the grant of easement-

The defendant, Northern Natural Gas Company, a corporation, will be referred to as the pipeline…