Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Dement

AYRES, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding, a companion case to that of Southwestern Electric Power Company v. Lewis P. Conger at ux, La.App., 307 So.2d 380, with which it was consolidated as a matter of convenience for argument in this court. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor authorizing the expropriation and the fixing of an award of compensation for the rights and property taken, defendants appeal.

The basic issues, such as the authority of plaintiff to maintain this action and the necessity for the taking, were resolved adversely to defendants in the Conger case. Remaining for…