LEE LUMBER CO., LTD. v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.

No. 5172.

321 So.2d 42 (1975)

LEE LUMBER COMPANY, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1975.

Writ Refused January 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Polk, Foote, Randolph & Percy by Lamar Polk and George M. Foote, Alexandria, Sirote, Permutt, Friend & Friedman by Robert B. Eubanks, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Madison, Files, Garrett, Brandon & Hamaker by David I. Garrett, Jr., and Merwin M. Brandon, Monroe, Gold, Hall, Hammill & Little by Donald Sharp, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, WATSON and HALL, JJ.


WATSON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Lee Lumber Company, Ltd., filed this suit against defendants, International Paper Company and Willet Timber Company, Inc., asking that a contract dated June 1, 1946, by which Lee leased some 18,000 acres of Louisiana timberland in the parishes of Rapides, Grant and Avoyelles to International be cancelled and Lee be placed in possession of the land. By a prior agreement, Lee had sold all of the timber on the land to International. The primary...

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