Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Mahaffey

AYRES, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding, a companion case to that of Southwestern Electric Power Company v. Lewis P. Conger et ux, La.App., 307 So.2d 380, with which it was, as a matter of convenience, consolidated for argument in this court. From a judgment in plaintiffs favor authorizing the expropriation and awarding defendant compensation for the rights and property taken, defendant appealed.

The basic issues, such as the authority of plaintiff to maintain this action and the necessity for the taking, were resolved adversely to this defendant in the Conger case. Remaining for…