SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TEL. CO. v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 14382.

407 So.2d 430 (1981)

SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. TEXACO, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Granted January 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Sachse, III, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff.

David Dugas, New Iberia, for Texaco.

John E. Conery, Franklin, Robert Peyton, New Orleans, for McKerall Oil Co.

Dale H. Hayes, Morgan City, for Ama Siracusa, et al.

Nicholas Gachassin, Jr., Lafayette, for Matile Dragna, et al.

Phillip E. Henderson, Houma, for Lucien Cutrera.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, and PONDER, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit by South Central Bell Telephone Company (Bell) against Texaco, Inc. and several other defendants1 for damages to underground cables caused by leaking gasoline. From a judgment maintaining an exception of prescription2, Bell has appealed.

Suit was filed on October 16, 1975. All parties agreed that Bell had notice of damage to its telephone cables prior to one year of...

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