GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY v. CORMIER

No. 1575.

182 So.2d 176 (1966)

GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Clemile CORMIER, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Mouton, by W. C. Hollier, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

McBride & Brewster, by William H. McBride, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGÉ, TATE and HOOD, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit instituted by Gulf States Utilities Company, a public utility corporation, against Clemile Cormier. Plaintiff seeks to obtain a right-of-way or servitude, 100 feet wide, over and across defendant's property in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, for the construction and operation of an electric transmission line.

Eleven other actions, almost identical to the instant suit, were instituted about the same time by plaintiff...

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