Legal Opinion
Louisiana Power & Light Company v. Lasseigne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 8, 1970No. 49847, 49851PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion
ON REHEARING
SUMMERS, Justice.
Plaintiff Louisiana Power & Light Company is a Florida corporation created for the purpose, among others, of developing and transmitting electricity for power, lighting, heating, or other such uses. As such it is authorized to expropriate immovable property, including servitudes, needed for transmission lines. La.R.S. 19:1, 19:2(9). These suits were instituted *923to acquire a servitude 100 feet wide across the property of defendants. The taking is resisted on the grounds that (1) the legislation authorizing the expropriation (La. R.S. 19:1 through 19:107) violates…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation v. SimonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Calcasieu & Southern Ry. Co. v. WitteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- Louisiana Power and Light Company v. LasseigneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. LasseigneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
3Cited by10 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. StegemannLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Marathon Pipe Line Co. v. PitcherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
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