Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Robin

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit instituted by Gulf States Utilities against Joseph E. Robin et al., the owners of a tract of land in St. Landry Parish, seeking a servitude for an electric power line. The only issue before the trial court was the compensation owed to the defendants. The trial court granted the defendants a total of $3,104.64 for land actually taken, and $3,405.96 in severance damages to remaining land on the tract. The plaintiff appealed the trial court’s judgment only in regard to its award for severance damages. The defendants did not answer the appeal.

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