American Louisiana Pipe Line Co. v. Kennerk

Plaintiff appeals on questions of law from a judgment entered upon the assessment by a jury of compensation for property taken for a pipeline easement in the sum of $600 and for damages to the residue of the premises in the sum of $4,050. Upon plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, by way of remittitur, accepted by defendants, the $600 was reduced to $525 and the $4,050 to $3,325.

Plaintiff brought its proceeding to appropriate a right of way and easement for the construction and maintenance of a natural gas pipeline across the lands of the defendants.…