Cormier v. Campbell Construction Co.

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is a suit based on a written contract. The contract involved the excavation of dirt by the defendant, Campbell Construction Company, from property owned by the plaintiff, Vernon R. Cormier. The contract required that upon cessation of excavation, defendant construction company was to build a “chain-link fence” around excavated area. The merits of this suit essentially concern the determination of what kind of fence was required under the contract.

Defendant filed a declinatory exception of improper venue to the suit because Campbell Construction did not have its domicile in…