MARTIN TIMBER COMPANY v. JEAN LUMBER COMPANY

No. 41873.

80 So.2d 855 (1955)

227 La. 894

MARTIN TIMBER COMPANY v. JEAN LUMBER COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold & Hall, Alexandria, for appellant.

Robert H. Wimberly, Arcadia, for appellees.


McCALEB, Justice.

This is a suit for a diminution in price resulting from a deficiency of the measure in a sale of standing timber. Plaintiff, a commercial co-partnership, alleges that, on July 17, 1952, it purchased by deed from the defendants, Jean Lumber Company, also a commercial co-partnership, and the individual members thereof, 1,470,496 feet of pine timber for the price of $58,819.84; that, under the provisions of the deed, it was given until December 31,...

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