Brandin Slate Co. v. Bannister

Eugene J. Lillis, who is the owner of the Brandin Slate Company, of New Orleans, on September 19, 1944, entered into a written contract with the defendant, Dr. Charles M. Bannister, who was therein represented by his agent, Ed. Osbourn, a contractor of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, whereby he undertook to install a No. 1 Spanish tile roof on both a residence and a bathhouse which the defendant contemplated erecting upon his property fronting on the Jordan River in Hancock County, Mississippi. It was subsequently mutually agreed that the part of the contract which applied to the roofing of the…