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COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION CO. v. ROSTEET

No. 7841.

389 So.2d 778 (1980)

COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul R. ROSTEET and Eleanor Rosteet Hamilton, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Refused November 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broadhurst, Brook, Miller & Reed, Oscar E. Reed, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Barsh & Hunter, John F. DeRosier, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before FORET, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.

LABORDE, Judge.

This is an appeal from an expropriation proceeding filed by Columbia Gulf Transmission Company against Paul M. Rosteet and his sister Eleanor Rosteet Hamilton.1 The District Court awarded defendant Paul R. Rosteet $7,230.00 as compensation for the land expropriated, reasoning that the highest and best use of the property taken was for pipeline rights-of-way purposes. We amend and affirm. We hold that the best evidence of...

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