Carroll Lumber Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by the Carroll Lumber Company, Limited, against D. F. Davis and Mrs. F. F. Montgomery, intervener. A judgment for intervener was reversed by the Court of Appeals, and intervener applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff is a materialman, suing the defendant for the value of materials used in the building of a barn on the property or plantation of the intervener, Mrs. Field F. Montgomery, and for the recognition of a lien upon said barn. Plaintiff obtained judgment, and proceeded to advertise and sell the barn.
Mrs. Montgomery, the owner of the plantation upon which the barn was built, intervenes, alleging that she is the owner of the barn; that it is not the property of the defendant or subject to his debts; and that plaintiff has no lien thereon. She further alleges that the barn was built partly…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Schwartz v. SaiterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
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