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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 99-C-0201 SPORTSMAN STORE OF LAKE CHARLES, INC. versus SONITROL SECURITY SYSTEMS OF CALCASIEU, INC., CASSIDY INSURANCE AGENCY AND STEWART KEITH CAYTON ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT, PARISH OF CALCASIEU VICTORY, J.* In this case, we are presented with the issue of whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeal properly applied the manifest error standard of review. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we reverse the court of appeal and reinstate the judgment of the trial court. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY In March of 1989, Gary Klumpp ("Klumpp"), owner of the Sportsman Store of Lake Charles (the "Sportsman Store"), a retail store and pawn shop which was expanding to sell jewelry, as well as guns, contacted Stewart Keith Cayton ("Cayton"), owner of Sonitrol Security Systems of Calcasieu, Inc. ("Sonitrol"), concerning the design and installation of a security system for a new location of his business at a busy intersection. After inspecting the premises, Cayton discussed three options with Klumpp: a digital dialing system, a direct wire system, and a cellular system. The cellular system was immediately rejected by Klumpp because it was too expensive. Cayton

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Kimball, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2,

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