Liwerant v. Elwin Corp.

JANVIER, Judge.

Plaintiff, doing business as Continental Iron Works, makes and installs ornamental iron work on buildings constructed or under construction. He seeks to recover a balance alleged to be due for work done on a building and a fence enclosing an adjacent swimming pool and which building was under construction by Elwin Corporation as contractor for Lanai Company, Inc., the owner.

The general contract was written and duly recorded and the surety on the contract was the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.

Plaintiff sued all three corporations, the contractor, the owner and the…