Legal Opinion
Roy O. Martin Lumber Co. v. Saint Denis Securities Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 22, 1954No. 40982PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
This is a suit for $29,066.30 damages for an alleged breach of an executory contract to sell real estate. Plaintiff avers that, beginning on March 8th 1951, it conducted negotiations with St. Denis Securities Co. Inc., which was represented by its President, James W. Jones, Jr., for the purchase of approximately 1400 acres of land owned by that company in Natchitoches Parish; that, as a result of these parleys, the defendant corporation, through Jones, submitted a written offer on March 26th 1951 to sell the property for $18,000; that this offer was accepted by it in writing…
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