Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Ponder

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit instituted by Gulf States Utilities Company, as plaintiff, against L. Barbee Ponder, as defendant. The Lower Court rendered judgment in fa*110vor of the petitioner and against defendant granting petitioner a servitude across the property of defendant, and awarding damages to the defendant in the sum of $7,-137.39. Petitioner perfected a devolutive appeal to this Court, and the defendant filed an answer to the appeal seeking an increase in quantum.

The defendant is the owner of a tract of land situated in the Parish of Livingston, Louisiana, comprising…