Mouton v. Droz
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action of damages. The plaintiff shows that he contracted with the defendant to build him a house, which ‘was not finished and built in a workmanlike manner ; but on the contrary was so defective, and badly built and covered, i-hat plaintiff had to take off the entire roof from the house.; and cover it with new shingles.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action of damages. The plaintiff shows that he contracted with the defendant to build him a house, which ‘was not finished and built in a workmanlike manner ; but on the contrary was so defective, and badly built and covered, i-hat plaintiff had to take off the entire roof from the house.; and cover it with new shingles. The rain beating through the roof, had destroyed the painting, and injured (he furniture. He claims seven hundred dollars in damages. The defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
This is an action for damages sustained by plaintiff, in consequence of the defective and unworkmanlike manner in which defendant has made the roof of a dwelling house which he had undertaken to build for the plaintiff. The defence set Up jSj that the defects, if any there are in the roof as com- .... , .. „ , plained of, must be ascribed to the bad quality of the mate-*113Vials furnished by plaintiff, and not to the manner in which the work has been executed. This issue was placed before a jury, who brought in a verdict for a small portion of plaintiff’s claim. The defendant, after an…
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