GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. v. BEGNAUD

No. 3839.

72 So.2d 626 (1954)

GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. v. Benoit BEGNAUD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 26, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Mouton, Lafayette, for appellant.

Babineaux & Huval, Lafayette, for appellee.


ELLIS, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit brought by a public service corporation to acquire a servitude across the defendant's property (45 arpents) upon which to construct and maintain a power transmission line.

The lower court awarded plaintiff the servitude sought, at $200 per acre, or the sum of $250, covering the servitude granted, and damages for the diminution for the remainder of defendant's property in the amount of $400.

The plaintiff...

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