Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Dixie Electric Membership Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 18, 1959No. 4767PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRUGÉ, Judge (ad hoc).
Plaintiffs, nine in number and who are the widow and heirs of the late William F. Morgan seek herein to recover damages allegedly resulting from the unlawful destroying of three trees and trimming of others situated on a 201-acre farm in St. Helena Parish owned in indivisión by them during the construction by the defendant of an electric power line.
The trial court awarded all plaintiffs the sum of $1,950 from which judgment defendant appeals.
Pertinent pleadings and facts are as follows : Mrs. William Morgan, widow, and Mrs. Betty Morgan Powers, two of the plaintiffs…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Tissot v. Great Southern Telegraph & Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
- City of New Orleans v. Shreveport Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- Marbury v. Louisiana Highway CommissionLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
- Goins v. Beauregard Electric Cooperatives, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
- Davis v. Chicago, R.I. P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1943
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Curole v. AcostaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
- McBride v. DuckworthLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
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