Klein v. J. D. & J. M. Collins

On July 6, 1922, Leopold Klein, the plaintiff herein, entered into a written contract with the contracting and building firm of J. D. & J. M. Collins to erect a duplex apartment house on General Pershing street, in the city of New Orleans, for the sum of $10,310, payable in five installments of $2,062 each; the last installment being payable 45 days after the completion and recordation of the acceptance of the work, and the production of a certificate from the recorder of mortgages showing that no liens for labor performed or material furnished were of record against the building. The…