Arata v. Sunseri

SAMUEL, Judge.

This suit was originally filed against a husband and his wife but on a plaintiff motion was dismissed as to the wife prior to trial. Hereinafter, the husband will be referred to as “defendant”.

Plaintiff, an architect, was employed by defendant to draw plans and specifications for the renovation of a dwelling in the City of New Orleans to the end that plaintiff could use the building for the conduct of his business. Both parties understood that the cost of the renovation was not to exceed $25,000.00.

Several months later, after numerous meetings between the litigants, plaintiff…