Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP v. Pitre

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Gulf South Pipeline Company (“Gulf South”) sought a 5.59-acre easement and right-of-way for a forty-two-inch pipeline through 115 acres of property owned by Blanche Pitre in Warren County, Mississippi.1 During trial in the Warren County Special Court of Eminent Domain, Gulf South’s appraiser, Brent Johnston, valued the property to be taken at $38,2502 and opined that the remainder of the property would be unaffected. Johnston testified (1) that no severance damages were due because of the pre-existing presence of a power line; (2)…