Pringle-Associated Mortgage Corporation v. Eanes

ON REHEARING

SANDERS, Justice.

Because of the importance of this case, we granted a rehearing to reconsider the *735following question: Is a subcontractor who pays wages to his employees as they become' due for labor on a building project subrogated under Article 2161 of the Louisiana Civil Code to the superior privilege granted laborers by LSA-R.S. 9:4801 and LSA-R.S. 9:4812?

The facts are clearly and completely stated in our original opinion, and we condense them here: In 1965, Ernest R. Eanes, Jr. purchased a lot in East Baton Rouge Parish, for the purpose of subdividing the property and…