McNamara v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-seventh, District Court, Parish of Rich-land. Williams, J. Where a contractor is to build a certain levee according to certain plans and specifications, etc., to be furnished by a levee board, and the latter negligently delays furnishing said specifications, etc., and loss results, the levee board is liable therefor.
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APPEAL from the Twenty-seventh, District Court, Parish of Rich-land. Williams, J. Where a contractor is to build a certain levee according to certain plans and specifications, etc., to be furnished by a levee board, and the latter negligently delays furnishing said specifications, etc., and loss results, the levee board is liable therefor. Philadelphia, etc., Railroad Co. vs. Howai-d; 13 How. 307. Where a contract is completed after the time stipulated for its performance, and the work done is accepted, the party accepting must pay for same. 13 How. 307. L party receiving a contract to do…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Eenner. J.
On August 81, 1887, the defendant advertised for proposals to build “Fulton Lake lévee in Désha and Chiccít counties, Arkansas.” No further description of the work’waif given, but *829the advertisement stated that “information as to location and character of the work may he obtained at the office of Oapt. Wm. T. Rossell, Oorps of Engineers, U. S. A., No. 106 Madison street, Memphis, Tenn., and at the office of the Board of State Engineers of Louisiana, New Orleans, La.”
The record fails to disclose whether or not plaintiff resorted to this source…
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