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TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION v. BROUSSARD

No. 1956.

196 So.2d 620 (1967)

TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Orelie BROUSSARD, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 21, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, by Charles W. Lane, III, New Orleans, Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, by Andrew J. S. Jumonville, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mouton & Mouton, by F. Fred Mouton, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiff, Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, instituted these proceedings to expropriate a "right of way and easement" across the lands of the defendant, Orelie Broussard, for the construction of a natural gas pipeline. Judgment was entered granting the servitude and awarding compensation and damages therefor.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the award is excessive.

We will first state some general rules as to the measure...

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