Legal Opinion

Louisiana Power & Light Company v. Lasseigne

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 20, 1970No. 49846 and 49850PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARHAM, Justice.

This is a suit which the plaintiff, Louisiana Power & Light Company, calls an expropriation proceeding but which appears in fact to be a suit seeking to exchange an existing servitude on the property of the defendants for a new servitude on the same tract but in a different location. Suit was filed in June, 1962, and judgment rendered November 30, 1962. On February 21, 1963, the defendants applied for and were granted an order of devolutive appeal. The appeal was not lodged in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal until April 22, 1968. That court denied a motion to dismiss the…

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2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Fruehauf Trailer Company v. BaillioSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
  2. Stockbridge v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  3. Wischer v. Madison Realty CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
  4. Favrot v. FavrotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
  5. Downey v. BellueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. US Fire Ins. Co. v. SwannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. Davidge v. MagliolaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  3. State v. PriceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  4. Fraternal Order of Police v. New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
  5. Mathieson v. HublerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978

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