A. F. Pylant, Inc. v. Escambia Treating Company

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This case turns on the construction of a contract. The point at issue is whether the parties agreed to a second inspection of seasoned cross-ties, subject to certain “rigid” specifications, the ties having already passed an earlier inspection in the green or unseasoned state. We agree with the trial judge’s construction of "the contract, and affirm the judgment below.

Appellant, A. F. Pylant, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, cuts and sells crude cross-tie timbers. Appellee, Escambia Treating Company, a Florida corporation, creosotes and sells treated railroad cross-ties.…