LEWIS v. TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

No. 71-1546.

462 F.2d 1318 (1972)

Samuel L. LEWIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees, F. W. Holder et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Hefner, Nance, Caston, Hefner & Green, Sherman, Tex., Samuel L. Lewis, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-intervenors-appellants.

Frank M. Ryburn, Jr., Burford, Ryburn & Ford, of counsel. Jos. Irion Worsham, Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels, Dallas, Tex., for appellees, Texas Utilities Co. and Dallas Power & Light Co.

Jack C. Wessler, J. A. Gooch, Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee Texas Electric Service Co.; Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Cravens & Munn, Fort Worth, Tex., of counsel.

Lester D. Sitter, Amarillo, Tex., Robert C. Rice, Rice & Rice, Dallas Tex., for appellee Southwestern Electric Service Co.

Bennett L. Smith, Frederick G. Von Huben, Fort Worth, Tex., Abe Mays, Jr., Marshall, Tex., J. H. Hand, Dallas, Tex., B. M. Britain, Amarillo, Tex., Roy E. Pitts, Wm. T. Satterwhite, Dallas, Tex., W. Douglas Weisbruch, Richard B. Williams, Dallas, Tex., for appellee, Lone Star Gas Co.

Richard L. Arnold, Richard S. Arnold, Texarkana, Ark., for appellee Southwestern Electric Power Co.

Wm. R. Brown, Houston, Tex., for appellees Houston Lighting & Power Co. and United Gas Pipe Line Co.; Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

B. D. Orgain, Howell Cobb, Beaumont, Tex., for appellee, Gulf States Utilities Co.

Toby A. Priolo, Hopson, Sitter & Priolo, Amarillo, Tex., for appellee, Pioneer Natural Gas Co.

Robert Roberts III, Shreveport, La., for appellee, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.; Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, La., of counsel.

Robert H. Alvis, R. M. Wagstaff, Abilene, Tex., for appellee, West Texas Utilities Co.; Wagstaff, Alvis, Alvis & Leonard, Abilene, Tex., of counsel.

H. K. Howard, Robert L. Ramey, Corpus Christi, Tex., Foy, Cobb, Campbell & Gall, Grover B. Cobb, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Fred M. Lange, Houston, Tex., for appellee, Central Power and Light Co.

Before RIVES, COLEMAN and DYER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 28, 1972.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

Appellee, Texas Power & Light Company, sought in the Texas state courts to condemn a right of way over appellants' land.1 The Collin County Court appointed commissioners who awarded plaintiffs $4,800.00 for the easement. Plaintiffs both appealed to the county court, where the case is still pending, and filed the present action in the federal district...

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