Louisiana Intrastate Gas Corp. v. Olinde

ALFORD, Judge.

This matter is before the court on a motion to dismiss the unlodged suspensive appeal taken by defendant on the basis that it is prohibited by La.R.S. 19:13.

Plaintiff, Louisiana Intrastate Gas Corporation, filed suit seeking to expropriate a right-of-way or servitude for a natural gas pipeline which crosses defendant’s property. On February 13, 1985, the parties entered into a consent judgment which granted plaintiff a pipeline servitude and reserved defendant’s right to have the issue of “just compensation” tried by the court. On February 24, 1986, the trial court signed a…