Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Stinson

PRICE, Judge.

Under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 19:2, et seq., plaintiff seeks to expropriate a servitude for an electric power transmission line across two tracts of land owned by defendant in Bossier Parish. Defendant contests the necessity for this project in the carrying out of plaintiff’s objective as a public utility company, and contends plaintiff abused the discretion vested in it by law in selecting the route for the line.

The trial court overruled defendant’s objections relating to the questions of necessity and unreasonableness of the route selected and rendered judgment ordering the…