Baker v. Smith

AYRES, Judge.

This is a suit by plaintiff, a duly licensed surveyor, for the recovery of actual costs and expenses of making a survey of a certain tract or parcel of land, comprising 400 acres, more or less, located in Franklin Parish, Louisiana. The defendants are A. K. Kilpatrick, Woodlawn Development Corporation, hereinafter referred to as Woodlawn, and Dewitt Smith, who were allegedly associated in a joint venture of purchasing, surveying and selling said property. Alternatively, plaintiff alleged that Kilpatrick, at the beginning, and Wood-lawn, subsequently in the proceedings were…