Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Marbury

AYRES, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding wherein plaintiff, a public utility engaged in the business, among others, of transporting by pipeline and supplying the public with natural gas, sought and was granted a servitude in the nature of a right of way for a 12-inch pipeline across defendants’ estate, comprising approximately 1,200 acres. The right of way, 50 feet wide and 8,805 in length, comprises an area of 10.11 acres.

The amount of just compensation, which was the sole issue before the trial court, is the only question presented to this court by defendants’ appeal from the…