Trunkline Gas Co. v. Monsur

TATE, Judge.

This is a suit to expropriate a right of way 66 feet wide across the roadside front of some land owned by the defendants. The right of way was to be used for construction of a 36" high-pressure natural gas pipeline. The plaintiff condemnor (Trunkline) appeals from an award of $10,674 for the taking and the severance damages sustained by the remainder of the tract. The defendants answer the appeal to request additional severance damages.

The chief issue of the appeal is whether severance damages are awardable to property crossed by the servitude expropriated or immediately adjacent…