Elliott v. Wallace

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff Charlie A. Elliott, a house mover, filed suit against defendant Joe Doyle Wallace for the sum of $1250.00, alleging that sum to be the contract price for moving defendant’s frame structure from its location on South Ruth Street to Ethel Street in the City of Sulphur, Louisiana. Defendant answered, admitting that plaintiff had moved the building for the sum of $1250.00 but filed a reconventional demand for $4500.00 representing damages for the repair of the structure caused by rain after the structure was cut to facilitate moving, and left uncovered and unattended.

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