Barge & Ship Service, Inc. v. River Fleets, Inc.

BOWES, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from judgment of the trial court dismissing its demands for damages arising from an alleged breach of a lease between the parties to this suit.

Plaintiff and defendant entered into a lease on January 25, 1974 whereby defendant was to have the use of eight piling clusters on the west bank of the Mississippi River near Nine-Mile Point for the purpose of mooring barges. The lease reads in pertinent part as follows:

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“BARGE agrees to furnish to RIVER FLEETS for its use in the fleeting of barges the presently existing piling clusters (8) as marked on “Exhibit A” and…