Morgan v. Dixie Electric Membership Corp.

HAMITER, Justice.

Plaintiffs, nine in number and who are the widow and heirs of the late William F. Morgan, seek herein to recover damages allegedly resulting from the unlawful destroying of three trees and trimming of others, situated on a 201 acre farm in St. Helena Parish owned in indivisión by them,, during the construction by the defendant of an electric power line. No individual plaintiff prayed for a specific award, the prayer of the petition being merely that petitioners be granted a judgment for $3,000.

The trial court awarded all plaintiffs the sum of $1,950, and from the judgment the…