Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Domingue

ELLIS, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit wherein the plaintiff seeks a right of way 100 feet wide across the defendant’s property for the purpose- of constructing, maintaining and operating an electrical power line.

The right of plaintiff, a public service corporation, to take the servitude by expropriation is not questioned on this appeal.

Plaintiff made a tender for the right of way at the rate of $1 per rod, $100 per tangent structure and $200 per angle structure, or a total sum- of $337.

The District Court allowed the servitude and assessed the defendant $225 per acre for the amount taken…