Picard Const. Co. v. Board of Com'rs

This case comes before us on appeal from a judgment against plaintiff on the merits; the defendant has answered the appeal, praying that its exception of no 'cause of action be sustained.. As we think the exception is well taken, and as in fact the supplemental petition and the trial on the merits has simply amplified the allegations of the main petition, adding thereto nothing new on which a judgment for plaintiff could be based, we will dispose of the case on that exception.

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Plaintiff alleges that it entered into a certain (amended) contract 'to do certain excavating work for defendant, and…