Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Delcambre Telephone CompaNy, Inc.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Gulf States Utilities Company filed this action in quantum meruit against Delcam-bre Telephone Company, Inc. for compensation for Delcambre Telephone’s use of its utility poles during the years 1985-1986. Delcambre Telephone appeals an $8,306.00 judgment in Gulf States’ favor.

This litigation — the fifth such suit filed by Gulf States against Delcambre Telephone — is part of a thirty year dispute between these parties concerning the charges owed by each company for the right to hang, or to “contact”, its utility wires onto the other company’s poles. Except for the years…