Willis v. Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corp.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiff, J. B. Willis, owns a farm containing approximately 17 acres. He seeks a judgment against the defendant, Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation, ordering it to remove from his farm an electric line and a pole. The defendant contends it has acquired a servitude for the line and the pole under LSA-R.S. 12:428. The district judge found the defendant had acquired such a servitude. From a judgment dismissing his suit, plaintiff appealed.

The district judge gave detailed reasons for judgment in which he found as a fact that the defendant had maintained the…