Young v. Deo Fruge Contractor, Inc.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This action arises out of a contract for the construction of a platform which was to extend into the Whiskey Chitto River in Allen Parish, Louisiana, its main purpose being to sustain and support an irrigation pump and engine. Plaintiff- — Willis Young filed suit for damages against defendant— Deo Fruge Contractor, Inc., for the latter’s alleged breach of the implied warranty of performing the abovementioned work in a good workmanlike manner and/or negligent design of said platform resulting in its failure to perform the purposes for which it was constructed.

After a trial on…