Department of Highways v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.

BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

The single question presented by this action may be quickly resolved. It is: May the Louisiana Department of Highways (plaintiff), which granted a permit to United Gas Pipe Line Company (defendant), to construct a pipe line under and across a public highway, where-under the company was required to bear the expense of any further work upon the pipe line necessitated by changes in the highway, require the company to pay the cost brought about by relocation of the highway over the pipe line, at a point outside of the original highway right-of-way ?

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