LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. CALDWELL

No. 61473.

360 So.2d 848 (1978)

LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. Vernon L. CALDWELL, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied July 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John V. Parker, Sanders, Downing, Kean & Cazedessus, Baton Rouge, for defendants-applicants.

Kenneth Watkins, Watkins, Watkins & Walker, Houma, Andrew P. Carter, Eugene G. Taggart, George F. Riess, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, for plaintiff-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

Louisiana Power and Light Company (LP&L) sought to expropriate a right of way, in the nature of a servitude, of some one hundred feet in width across the property of defendants. The purpose of the servitude was the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 230KV electric transmission line. The total acreage contained in the right of way comprises some 29.07 acres, including .05 acres for guying servitudes; the proposed servitude runs east...

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