
    MICHIGAN WISCONSIN PIPE LINE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lewis J. OUBRE et al., Defendants-Appellants.
    No. 2728.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana. Third Circuit.
    June 12, 1969.
    Rehearing Denied July 24, 1969.
    Mestayer & Simon, by Ray F. Mestayer, New Iberia, for defendants-appellants.
    Shotwell, Brown & Sperry, by Burt Sperry, Monroe, Earl H. Willis, St. Mar-tinville, for plaintiff-appellee.
    Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.
   MILLER, Judge.

For the reasons stated in the consolidated case of Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company v. Walet, La.App., 225 So.2d 76, in which a separate decision is being rendered by us this date, the judgment appealed in the present case is amended and affirmed.

It is now ordered, adjudged and decreed that the trial court’s judgment is amended such that Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company is ordered to pay to Defendants Lewis J. Oubre, Oscar Oubre, Evelyn O. Kern and Jean Chastant, the sum of Thirty-four hundred thirty-seven and 44/100 ($3437.44) Dollars, together with interest of 5■% per annum from August 9, 1968 until paid, which is adjudged to be the value of the right of way and damages resulting from the construction of the pipeline together with expenses found to be a direct consequence of construction of the pipeline; specifically reserving to defendants their claim for damages to their 1968 crop located outside the right of way but within a “cut” crossed by the pipeline, and or any damages sustained by them or their equipment as a result of their attempt to save their 1968 crop and which they can show resulted from construction, installation and/or operation of the pipeline.

All court costs are to be paid by Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company.

.. Amended and affirmed.

On Application for Rehearing.

En Banc. Rehearing denied.

HOOD, J.,

dissents for reasons which are assigned in 225 So.2d 76.

ON REHEARING

En Banc.

PER CURIAM.

For the reasons stated in the consolidated case of Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company v. Walet, La.App., 225 So.2d 76, in which a separate decision is being rendered by us this date, the judgment appealed in the present case is amended and affirmed.

It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the judgment rendered herein be vacated and set aside, and that the trial court’s judgment is amended such that Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company is ordered to pay to defendants, Lewis J. Oubre, Oscar Oubre, Evelyn O. Kern and Jean Chastant, the sum of Three thousand, two hundred seventy-seven and 60/100 ($3,277.60) Dollars, together with interest of five per cent (5'%) per annum from August 9, 1968, unti paid, which is adjudged to be the value of the right of way and damages resulting from the construction of the pipeline together with expenses found to be a direct consequence of construction of the pipeline; specifically reserving to defendants their claim for damages to their 1968 crop located outside the right of way but within a “cut” crossed by the pipeline, and/or any damages sustained by them or their equipment as a result of their attempt to save the 1968 crop and which they can show resulted from construction, installation and/or operation of the pipeline. All costs are to be paid by Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company.

With these amendments, the application for rehearing is denied. We reserve to Defendants-Appellants the right to apply for rehearing on this amended decree.

Original decree amended, rehearing denied. Rights reserved to defendants-appellants to apply for rehearing.  