SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS CO. v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 5119.

320 So.2d 917 (1975)

SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caffery, Duhe & Davis, by Patrick T. Caffery, New Iberia, for defendants-appellants.

Landry, Watkins, Cousin & Bonin by William O. Bonin, New Iberia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


MILLER, Judge.

Defendants Gulf Oil Corporation and Berry Brothers General Contractors appeal a judgment awarding $15,802.74 to plaintiff Southern Natural Gas Company for property damages sustained when Berry's dredge picked up and ruptured Southern's natural gas pipeline. We affirm in part, and in part reverse.

Berry contracted with Gulf to "sweep" or re-dredge an existing canal leading from Big Bayou Pigeon to old locations and dredge a new canal and drill...

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