Deeco, Inc. v. 3-M CO.

The plaintiff, Deeco, Inc., appealed from a summary judgment dismissing Deeco's complaint against National Advertising Company for breach of contract.

Deeco operated an overnight camping facility, the "I-10 Kampground," in Mobile County. Deeco entered into a three-year lease with National in 1976 on a billboard. Shortly after the lease was renewed in September 1979, the billboard was destroyed by Hurricane Frederic. After the hurricane, a representative from National called on Deeco's president, William Coker, and told him that they needed to sign a new contract because the representative had…