Police Jury of Parish of Vernon v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eirst Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred- Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by the police jury of the parish of Vernon against Thomas C. Johnson. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
Plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $5,000 from the defendant, as surety on a builder’s bond executed by the builder in favor of plaintiff, for security of the due performance of the contract.
The charge of plaintiff is that the conditions of the bond were broken, because the builder erected plaintiff’s courthouse of bad materials and in an unworkmanlike manner; that he did not follow the specifications. The defendant interposed by way of exceptions the pleas of nonjoinder, no cause of action, and filed- an answer on the merits denying all liability.
The plea of nonjoinder grows out of the…
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