HARGRODER v. COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION CO.

No. 53749.

290 So.2d 874 (1974)

Earl HARGRODER et al. v. COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION CO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Nilas Young, Young & Burson, Ltd., Eunice, for plaintiffs-applicants.

William C. Broadhurst, Crowley, for defendant-respondent.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

This Court granted review in this matter to consider the liability of a pipeline company to a farm lessee, with an unrecorded lease, for damage to the lessee's crops during the construction of the pipeline. The Court of Appeal dismissed the farm lessee's suit on a peremptory exception. We hold that the farm lessee has both a cause and right of action and remand the case for further proceedings.

On March 30, 1972, Earl and Irma Cannon...

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