STAPLE COTTON COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION v. PICKETT

No. 56604.

326 So.2d 337 (1976)

STAPLE COTTON COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION v. J. A. PICKETT, Sr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Voelker, Jr., Voelker, Ragland & Brackin, Lake Providence, for plaintiff-applicant.

Felix A. Dejean, III, Opelousas, for defendant-respondent.


DIXON, Justice.

Plaintiff, a cotton marketing association, brought this suit for specific performance and other relief against the defendant, a member cotton grower. Staple contends that the defendant is obligated to sell it all cotton produced on certain farms during the 1973 season. Pickett, on the other hand, insists he is merely obligated to pay liquidated damages of 5¢ per pound. The resolution of the conflict depends upon the interpretation of several contractual...

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