Cotton v. Jennings Irrigation Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifteenth Judicial District, Parish of Calcasieu —Miller, J. Plaintiff alleged that on or about the 15th of May, 1900, he entered into a contract with the defendant company, by which the latter contracted to furnish plaintiff a sufficient amount of water ' through its canal and pumping plant, which, taken together with the natural rainfall, would properly flood and irrigate certain described land for the season of 1900. That during the spring of 1900, relying…
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APPEAL from the Fifteenth Judicial District, Parish of Calcasieu —Miller, J. Plaintiff alleged that on or about the 15th of May, 1900, he entered into a contract with the defendant company, by which the latter contracted to furnish plaintiff a sufficient amount of water ' through its canal and pumping plant, which, taken together with the natural rainfall, would properly flood and irrigate certain described land for the season of 1900. That during the spring of 1900, relying upon the said contract he prepared about one hundred acres of land and planted same with the best seed rice obtainable,…
1Opinion of the Court
*7The opinion of the court was delivered by
Njcholls, C. J.
The first defense urged is that Pardee, who signed the contract on behalf of .the defendant company which was declared on, was not authorized to do so. The plaintiff introduced testimony showing that several other contracts were executed by him with other parties, and that the defendant made settlements with the rice planters with whom they were made. Plaintiff himself testified that when he notified the president of the company that he needed water, the latter raised no question as to the non-existence of the contract, but in the…
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