Truscon Steel Co. v. B. & T. Const. Co.

This suit grows out of the construction of the Jordan building in the city of Shreveport. The plaintiff is one of the materialmen, and the defendants are -the • contractors and the surety on their bond. The- contract was executed and the bond given under the provisions ■of Act No. 139 of -1922.

The contractors defaulted, and a concursus proceeding was provoked by the owner. In this proceeding a judgment was rendered canceling all the liens recorded against the building and also canceling the bond signed by the defendant surety company! The plaintiff, not having recorded a lien nor served an…