Reilly-Benton Co. v. Gurtler, Hebert & Co.

JOHNSON, Judge.

The plaintiff, Reilly-Benton Company, Inc., filed this civil action to collect the unpaid portion of the price of a construction subcontract with the defendant, Gur-tler, Hebert & Company, Inc., the prime contractor for the construction of an addition to the plant of Armstrong Tire & Rubber Company, at Natchez, Mississippi. The Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff. The defendant has appealed.

In the building to be constructed the general contract between the owner and the defendant requires the erection of major equipment called…