Welch-Eckman Construction Co. v. Vancouver Plywood Co.

SAVOY, Judge.

We are called upon in the present case to decide whether or not the trial court correctly granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Vancouver Plywood Company, Inc., after the plaintiff, Welch-Eckman Construction Company, filed suit to recover expenses allegedly incurred by it over and above the written contract price agreed upon between the parties in the construction of foundations and slabs at Vancouver’s plywood plant located in Allen Parish, Louisiana.

On September 11, 1964, the parties entered into a written contract whereby plaintiff agreed to…