C.J. CALAMIE CONST. CO. v. LA. & ARK. R.R. CO.

No. 87-CA-584.

529 So.2d 1362 (1988)

C.J. CALAMIA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILROAD COMPANY, the Parish of Jefferson, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

July 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Morrison, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee C.J. Calamia Const. Co., Inc.

Michael R.C. Riess, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Louisiana & Arkansas R. Co.

Jesse S. Guillot, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Louisiana Dept. of Trans. & Development.

Roy M. Cascio, Parish of Jefferson, Parish Attorney's Office, Gretna, for defendant-appellee-appellant Parish of Jefferson.

Before BOWES, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

Calamia Construction Company, Inc. bid on a sand-hauling job believing the contract called for payment for each truck load delivered to the job site. The other party to the contract, however, tendered payment only after measuring the sand in place and after the sand had settled.

Calamia sued and won in the 24th Judicial District Court. As there is a reasonable basis in the record for the trial judge's findings, we affirm the award of $13,839...

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