Lea v. Orleans

On Motion to Dismiss.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, O. J.

In his petition to the District Court plaintiff alleged that he had purchased from the Metairie Cemetery Association several lots of ground in its cemetery for which he had paid cash four hundred dollars; that subsequently he had entered into a contract with Charles A. Orleans to erect a certain tomb upon the lots for three thousand five hundred dollars, of which two hundred and fifty dollars were to be paid upon the completion of the foundations, and the remainder upon the completion of the work; that upon the…