Legal Opinion
Kennon v. Brooks-Scanlon Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 31, 1920No. 22152PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Action by E'dwin B. Kennon against the Brooks-Scanlon Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The shavings produced by a planing mill accumulate so fast that they will soon block up the mill unless they are gotten rid of in some way. This led the defendant company to propose to plaintiff that he and it enter into the following contract:
“Kentwood, La., October ^27, 1906.
“Edwin Kennon, Kentwood, La. — Dear Sir: To confirm our agreement in accordance with conversation between the writer and yourself, we agree to furnish all the surplus shavings which we accumulate at our new planing mill on the following basis:
“You to pipe at your expense the necessary distance from the south end of our…
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