Des Allemands Lumber Co. v. Morgan City Timber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third. Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Action by the Des Allemands Lumber Company, Limited, against the Morgan City Timber Company, Limited. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff is a limited corporation, owner of a sawmill and of swamp lands for supplying its mill with timber. Its officers are R. H. Downman, president, and W. G. Westmoreland, vice president and manager. Defendant also is a limited corporation, and, we may add, was organized for the purpose of entering into the contract out of the alleged violation of which this suit has grown. Its officers are Manuel Coguenhem, president, and G. W. Walker, vice president and 'swamp manager. Plaintiff, when it entered into this contract was, like defendant, a new concern that had not theretofore operated.
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