Guzman v. Rolling

JANVIER, Judge.

Plaintiff is a general contractor.

Prior to his death Alfred B. Rolling was a lessee under a long-term lease of a dwelling at Chef Menteur, a small fishing and hunting settlement about twenty miles from the central business section of New Orleans.

Desiring to make certain additions and alterations Rolling entered into a verbal agreement with plaintiff, Robert J. Guzman, for the labor and material required. Rolling died on April 1, 1952, and Dr. Lawrence R. Rolling was duly qualified as executor of his estate.

On April 27, 1954, plaintiff filed this suit against the estate of…