POWELL LUMBER COMPANY v. AFCO CORPORATION

No. 4401.

288 So.2d 697 (1974)

POWELL LUMBER COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AFCO CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Provosty and Sadler by William H. deLaunay, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gist, Methvin & Trimble by James T. Trimble, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

C. A. King, II, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


MILLER, Judge.

Plaintiff Powell Lumber Company appeals the judgment rejecting its suit against defendant AFCO Corporation based on an open account. We affirm.

Three issues are presented: 1) Is parol evidence admissible to prove the promise to pay the debt of another? 2) Is the trial judge's evaluation of credibility and factual findings relating to the contract terms, manifestly wrong? 3) Is AFCO estopped to deny certain terms of the verbal contract between...

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