Legal Opinion

Hardaway Contracting Co. v. City of Gretna

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 16, 1939No. 17014Published

1Opinion of the Court

JANVIER, Judge.

This suit, another chapter in the much litigated controversy which resulted from the paving of portions of certain streets in the City of Gretna, is brought by the contracting company which laid the said paving. The amount claimed, $958.60, is alleged to be the balance due by the contracting company under the two contracts.

In the court below there was judgment in favor of plaintiff, as prayed for, with legal interest from September 15, 1931, which was the day on which the work was accepted. From this judgment the City of Gretna has appealed.

There were two separate contracts —…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Peake v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Burgess v. City of JeffersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
  3. Cole v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
  4. Semel v. GouldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857

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