Ballard v. Rowe

Littlejohn, Justice:

This action arose out of a dispute concerning two contracts entered into by the parties, involving the building of a shrimp boat. In November of 1973 the respondent, W. E. Rowe (general contractor) agreed to build a boat for the appellants, William D. and Robert I. Player (boat owners). Several days later, the general contractor entered into a subcontract with the plaintiff Lee C. Ballard, III (subcontractor) , for the performance of substantially all of the boat construction.

About one year later, the subcontractor sued both the general contractor and the boat owners for…