GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY v. NORMAN

No. 1613.

183 So.2d 421 (1966)

GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elise H. NORMAN et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1966.

Writ Refused May 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, by Kennedy Gilly, J. B. Miller, and F. Frank Fontenot, New Orleans, Leon E. Roy, Jr., New Iberia, for defendants-appellants.

C. Thomas Bienvenu, Jr., St. Martinville, for absent defendants-appellants.

Bailey & Mouton, by W. C. Hollier, Lafayette, E. L. Guidry, Jr., St. Martinville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

Gulf States sues to expropriate a servitude for electricity transmission lines. The defendants are the co-owners in indivision of the 5,600-acre tract across which the servitude is sought. The defendant landowners appeal the trial award as inadequate.

The servitude area taken totals nearly 39 acres. The trial court based its award primarily upon the capitalized timber-income valuation of the property, estimated at $140 per acre, adding approximately...

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