Messina v. Koch Industries, Inc.

LEMMON, Judge.

This is a suit by Joseph P. Messina, d/b/a J. P. Messina Trucking Service, for services rendered in furnishing materials, equipment and labor in connection with the construction of an industrial plant in St. James Parish. The trial court rendered judgment in the sum of $61,391.94 against Koch Industries, Inc. (formerly Rock Island Oil & Refining Co., Inc.), the owner of the immovable property on which the plant was constructed, and Matador Chemical Co., Inc., the lessee.

The defendants appealed suspensively, primarily assigning as error the overruling of their peremptory…