H. G. Hastings Co. v. Southern Natural Gas Corp.

Southern Natural Gas Corporation instituted proceedings to condemn a right of way through lands of H. G. Hastings Company Inc. for a “pipe line or pipe lines” for the transportation and distribution of natural gas, the right of way to extend through the farm of the Hastings Company in Clayton county and to be 401 rods in length and 30 feet in width. The notice of the gas company’s intention to condemn stipulated that the condemnor “is to bury said pipes below plow depth on all of the lands on which *776said pipes are laid.” The assessors made an award fixing the value of the land at $910 and…