Supreme Court of Louisiana May 15, 1899, No. 12,961 (De La Vergne Refrigerating Machine Co. v. New Orleans & Western Railroad)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Plaintiff company and a corporation known as the Delta Constr.uction Company, on July 10, 1895, entered into a contract whereby the former obligated itself to construct, erect and deliver to the latter on certain premises in the State of Louisiana two cotton compresses and appurtenances, one a 2,000-ton Bierce press, the other a 4,000-ton