Legal Opinion
Lagarde v. Elms
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 30, 1989No. 88-CA-2000PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether a letter drafted contemporaneously with a contract is a modification of the contract sufficient to release the contract guarantors from solidary liability.
On March 31, 1977, Lawrence Lagarde, former general manager of TAC Amusement Company, entered into a retirement contract with TAC by which TAC, a partnership, agreed to pay Lagarde a pension of $15,000.00 annually for ten years in exchange for Lagarde’s agreement not to compete with TAC for ten years in its amusement machines business. TAC’s partners, John Elms, Joyce Elms Roche (now Joyce…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Admiral Paint Company v. GoltzmanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- CENTRAL LOUISIANA ELEC. v. Giant EnterprisesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- WH Ward Lumber Co., Inc. v. Merit Homes, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
3Cited by1 opinion
- Laidlaw Environmental Servs., (TOC), Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1996