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

No. 81-C-3285.

418 So.2d 531 (1982)

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied September 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Victor A. Sachse, III, J. Wendell Clark, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Robert E. Peyton, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, John Conery, Conery & Breaux, Franklin, Nicholas Gachassin, Jr., Gachassin & Capretz, Lafayette, David R. Dugas, Caffery, Oubre & Dugas, New Iberia, Dale H. Hayes, Morgan City, Phillip E. Henderson, Houma, for respondents.


WATSON, Justice.

South Central Bell Telephone Company brought this suit against Texaco, Inc., and other defendants1 because gasoline damaged some of its underground cables in Morgan City, Louisiana. The trial court sustained exceptions of prescription and dismissed the suit. The Court of Appeal affirmed. 407 So.2d 430 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1981). A writ was granted to review the judgment.

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