Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Dixie Electric Membership Corp.

BLANCHE, Judge.

Dixie Electric Membership Corporation is an electric cooperative organized and existing under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 12:401 et seq., and operates within the Parish of East Baton Rouge under a Police Jury franchise. Gulf States Utilities Company is a public utility company and likewise operates within the parish pursuant to a franchise granted to it by the governing body of said parish. Both are engaged in the transmission and distribution of electric service to their customers within the parish along the public rights of way. Gulf States had installed and maintained its…