American Tel. & Tel. Co. of Louisiana v. Maguire

McCALEB, Justice.

The defendant is appealing from a judgment expropriating to plaintiff a right of way across his land for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a communications system composed of underground cables, wires, conduits, etc., together with the necessary accessory rights for the exercise thereof. Defendant’s tract, which is rural property located about five miles from the city of' Shreveport, contains approximately 60 acres, having a front of 1033.3 feet on U. S. Highway 80 by a depth of 2699 feet. The right of way is one rod (or 16% feet) in width and traverses…