STANLEY DIEFENTHAL M.M. & L. CO. v. INTERNT'L COS., INC.

No. 7365.

331 So.2d 30 (1976)

STANLEY DIEFENTHAL MERMENTAU MINERAL AND LAND COMPANY and Southern Scrap Material Company, Ltd. v. INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES, INC., d/b/a International Appraisal Company and Edgar A. Tharpe, II.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1976.

Writ Refused July 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shushan, Meyer, Jackson, McPherson & Herzog (Donald A. Meyer), New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Monroe & Lemann (Eugene G. Taggart, J. Wayne Anderson), New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before GULOTTA and SCHOTT, JJ., and P. C. St.AMANT, Assigned Judge.


SCHOTT, Judge.

Defendants have appealed from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for $3500 for damages resulting from defendants' breach of contract.

In May 1972, plaintiffs employed defendants to act as real estate appraisers in connection with property of plaintiffs which was the subject of litigation between plaintiffs and the Orleans Levee Board. Defendants' compensation was to be $3500 plus a per diem for time spent by defendants testifying in court.

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