Martin v. T. L. James & Co.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Defendant T. L. James & Co., Inc., had two contracts with the Highway Department of the State of Louisiana for the construction of highways, one designated as the Donaldsonville-White CastlePlaquemine job and the other the Patterson-Calumet-Berwick job. James entered into a contract with plaintiff Theodore H. Martin, Sr., doing business as Martin Gravel Company, for the purchase of red clay gravel, wash gravel, and wash sand to be used in these projects. The contract for the sale and delivery of these materials was in the beginning an oral one, but subsequently written…