Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellants could obtain a new expropriation indemnity for the same electrical-line servitudes after purchasing the property.
Decisão extraída
No. Because the servitudes and corresponding compensation had already been agreed by contract with former owners, a later purchaser cannot claim an additional indemnity for the same depreciation absent a change in the line's location or operation.
Fundamentação extraída
The rights for the line passage were directly acquired by contract in 1963 and 1995. The agreed consideration was presumed to cover the property's depreciation, including the effects of the lines. A subsequent owner cannot obtain a second payment for the same loss on the same basis.