Legal Opinion
Petty v. Jones
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 1, 1929No. 10,790PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJanvier, J.
This is a suit by a subcontractor against the owner of the property in and on which the work was done.
The main contract was between the owner, defendant here, and the Gaiennie Company, Ltd., and the work to be done was the furnishing and installing of a low-pressure, steam heating system, in the premises owned and occupied by defendant.
The main contract was not in writing, no bond was secured, and no recordation of any kind was made in the mortgage office.
The sub-contractor, plaintiff here, was employed by the main contractor to construct a heater pit, that is, a room slightly below the level…
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- Davis v. Arkansas Southern R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- State v. Hackley, Hume & JoyceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Laenger v. LaengerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Baker v. FrellsenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
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