Legal Opinion

Pringle-Associated Mortgage Corporation v. Eanes

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 27, 1969No. 49234, 49249, 49262PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCALEB, Justice.

The primary issue presented in these consolidated writs of review is whether a subcontractor who pays his own employees for labor performed on a building project as their wages become due is legally subrogated under Article 2161(1) and (3) of the Civil Code to the superior privilege granted such laborers by R.S. 9:4801(D) and R.S. 9:4812.

The record reveals the following undisputed facts: Prior to July 1965 Ernest R. Eanes, Jr., the original defendant in the case, purchased Lot A, Plantation Trace Subdivision in East Baton Rouge Parish, for the purpose of subdividing the…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Zeigler v. His CreditorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
  2. Glassell, Taylor & Robinson v. John W. Harris Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
  3. Pringle Associated Mortgage Corporation v. EanesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
  4. Rathborne Lumber & Supply Co. v. FalgoutSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  5. Alfred Hiller Co. v. Hotel Grunewald Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Cox v. WM Heroman & Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  2. Aetna Ins. Co. v. NaquinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
  3. Phillips v. NereauxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
  4. Martin v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CAS. INS.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  5. Coates v. AC AND S, INC.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1994

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