Legal Opinion

Short v. Anders

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 21, 2005No. 40,151-CAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

J^DREW, J.

Plaintiff, Wendell Short, and defendant, Helen Anders, entered into a verbal contract concerning the clearing of land owned by Mrs. Anders and her husband. The property was located near Calhoun, Louisiana. There is no dispute that the price for the work to be done on the 4tk- to 5-acre tract of rural land was $1,500.00. However, the parties later disagreed on whether the work was only to include “bushhogging,” or was also to include bulldozing. Finding the former, the trial court ruled in favor of Short. We affirm.

FACTS

According to Short, the verbal agreement was only for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Leal v. DuboisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  2. Anderson v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
  3. Hines v. Audio Plus, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2004

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