GRADY ROPER DRILLING v. TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPELINE

No. 90-233.

586 So.2d 707 (1991)

GRADY ROPER DRILLING CONTRACTOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest C. Hunt, Jr., Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Sharon E. McCauley, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Before FORET and DOUCET, JJ. and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.


WILLIAM A. CULPEPPER, Judge Pro Tem.

This is an expropriation suit. Plaintiff, Grady Roper Drilling Contractor, Inc., entered into a servitude agreement with defendant, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline. Defendant paid plaintiff the sum of $100,000.00 and plaintiff reserved the right to sue for further compensation. Plaintiff sued defendant for $2,666,666.40.

After a trial on the merits, the trial judge awarded plaintiff an additional $86,390.00, plus $10,000...

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