UNITED GAS PIPELINE COMPANY v. SINGLETON

No. 3210.

241 So.2d 93 (1970)

Plaintiff and Appellee, UNITED GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, v. Howard SINGLETON et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearings Denied December 3, 1970.

Writ Refused January 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stafford, Pitts & Bolen, by Grove Stafford, Jr., Alexandria, J. B. Willis, St. Martinville, for defendants-appellants.

Earl H. Willis, St. Martinville, Ray A. Barlow & B. R. Dickerson, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGÉ, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this suit to expropriate a servitude for a 36-inch gas pipeline across defendants' farm land. The district judge awarded defendants $12,773.77 for the servitude taken, severance damage and other damages caused by construction. Defendants appealed, seeking an increase in the award. Plaintiff answered the appeal, contending the award is excessive.

The issues on appeal are: (1) The value of the servitude taken; (2) the validity...

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