Gowan v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.

McCALEB, Justice.

During the early part of October 1945, Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, acting through its agent, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, entered into negotiations with plaintiff, an excavating contractor, for the rental of a Koehring Drag Line and a T-20 C.H.B. Bulldozer to be used in connection with the construction of additions to its plant in Caddo Parish. As a result, a contract was made in the form of a written purchase order, dated October 20, 1945, addressed by Stone & Webster to plaintiff, under which the latter .agreed to furnish the following:

“1 — 1 yd. Crane and…