Legal Opinion

Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. De Bouchel

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 10, 1959No. 21471PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JANVIER, Judge.

The Louisiana Power & Light Company, plaintiff-appellee, moving to dismiss nine appeals, insofar as they suspend the operation of the judgments rendered, contends that the law of this State gives no right to suspensive appeals in expropriation suits.

We shall discuss all of the cases in one opinion and render a separate decree in each case.

Under what conditions, if any, there may be a suspensive appeal from a judgment of condemnation has been a much debated and considered question in Louisiana for many years. Before we refer to and quote from the latest legislative enactments,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Louisiana Power & Light Company v. DileoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
  2. State v. LandrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  3. Louisiana Highway Commission v. TreadawayLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
  4. City of Gretna v. MitchellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
  5. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. v. Wyatt Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1952

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. v. Violet Trapping Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
  2. Louisiana Power and Light Company v. BOUCHELLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
  3. Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. MerauxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
  4. Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. ColombLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
  5. Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Del BuonoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959

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