FRIEDMAN IRON & SUPPLY CO. v. J. B. BEAIRD CO.

No. 40256.

63 So.2d 144 (1952)

222 La. 627

FRIEDMAN IRON & SUPPLY CO. v. J. B. BEAIRD CO., Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing July 3, 1952.

On Second Rehearing January 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Hunter, Risinger & Shuey, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Melvin F. Johnson and Johnson & Morelock, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Friedman Iron and Supply Company, instituted this suit against J. B. Beaird Company, Inc., praying that the defendant be judicially ordered and condemned to accept delivery of 500 tons of scrap steel at $41 per ton and to pay the sum of $20,500, and praying in the alternative for damages against the defendant for breach of the contract to purchase the steel.

Plaintiff's suit for specific performance was dismissed on exception...

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