Lake, Inc. v. Louisiana Power & Light Company
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
330 So.2d 914 (1976)
LAKE, INC.
v.
LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY.
No. 57085.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 29, 1976.
Rehearing Denied May 14, 1976.
Lamar M. Richardson, Jr., Ponder & Richardson, Metairie, for plaintiff-applicant.
Andrew P. Carter, Eugene G. Taggart, J. Wayne Anderson, Kenneth P. Carter, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.
DIXON, Justice.
This case puts at issue the validity of the "St. Julien" doctrine, a judicially created method of acquisition of servitudes or rights-of-way by corporations possessing the power of expropriation.
Lake, Inc. purchased the lots…
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- Tafaro's Investment Co. v. Division of Housing ImprovementSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
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