Jefferson Disposal Co. v. Parish of Jefferson

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Jefferson Disposal Co., Inc., plaintiff-appellant, from a judgment in favor of the Parish of Jefferson, defendant-appellee, in a suit, the single issue of which is the interpretation of an ambiguous clause appearing in several contracts. Because we conclude that the trial court properly resolved this ambiguity on the basis of the prevailing custom in the industry, we affirm.

Between 1970 and 1978, Jefferson Parish let five bids for garbage collection and disposal in three districts of the parish. In each case, the bid specifications gave an estimated number…