LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. MOBLEY

Nos. 84 CA 1083 to 84 CA 1089.

482 So.2d 706 (1985)

LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Lorraine Zeringue, wife of/and Roger L. MOBLEY. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Thomas William SMITH. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Eloise Spears, wife of/and Elbert W. THOMAS. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Alva Otto SMITH, et al. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Dewey B. SMITH. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Marie Badeaux, wife of/and Terry PATKE. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Terrance Kenneth SMITH. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. Karen Naples, wife of/and George C. KOCKE, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1986.

Writs Denied March 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim W. Richardson, Bogalusa, Eugene G. Taggart and John Turner, New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellant La. Power and Light Co.

John Gallaspy, Bogalusa, for Lorraine Zeringue, wife of and Roger L. Mobley, Karen Naples, wife of and George C. Kocke, Jr. and Eloise Spears, wife of and Elbert W. Thomas.

Richard Brown, Bogalusa, for Alva Otto Smith, Dewey B. Smith, Marie Badeaux, wife of and Terry Patke and Terrance Kenneth Smith.

Jack Rogers, Baton Rouge, for Dewey B. Smith.

Jack Dunn, Metairie, for Karen Naples, wife of and George C. Kocke, Jr.

Before GROVER S. COVINGTON, C.J., and WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.


SHORTESS, Judge.

Eight expropriation suits were filed by Louisiana Power & Light Company (LP & L/plaintiff) in Washington Parish, where they were consolidated and tried. Pursuant to the authority of LSA-R.S. 19:1, et seq., LP & L sought to acquire from the respective landowners (defendants) a 200-foot wide right-of-way running generally north and south in Washington Parish for the construction, operation and maintenance of a 500,000-volt electric transmission...

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