LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. DIXON

No. 10830.

201 So.2d 346 (1967)

LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Melville S. DIXON, Jr., et al., Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theus, Grisham, Davis, Leigh & Brown, Monroe, for appellant.

McHenry, Snellings, Breard, Sartor & Shafto, Monroe, for appellee.

Before GLADNEY, AYRES and BOLIN, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

Louisiana Power and Light Company appeals from judgment awarding defendant property owners $14,668.31 for property taken and severance damages resulting from the expropriation of a 150-foot right-of-way comprising 3.53 acres across 41.5 acres of defendants' land for the installation of a 500,000-volt power transmission line. Appellees have answered asking for an increase in the award to $26,500.00.

The right to expropriate the property is not...

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