Morton v. Pollard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action on a written contract, entered into between tbe plaintiff and defendant, in which the former agreed to build a mill for the latter, who was to pay him six hundred and seventy-five dollars, as the price therefor.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action on a written contract, entered into between tbe plaintiff and defendant, in which the former agreed to build a mill for the latter, who was to pay him six hundred and seventy-five dollars, as the price therefor. He alleges he has performed the contract, and claims the sum agreed upon as now due, which the defendant refuses to pajL The defendant admitted the written agreement sued on, but avers the plaintiff failed to comply with his contract; that the work he performed towards erecting the…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This is an action to recover from the defendant the sum of six hundred and seventy-five dollars as the price of work and labor done in building a mill for the latter, in pursuance of a written agreement between the parties.
The defendant resists payment on an allegation that the work done on the mill had been so defectively and unskilfully ■ executed, that the .plaintiff, so far from having complied with his contract, • and benefited her by erecting and completing her mill, by his delay and bad workmanship, had caused her material injury, and was the means of losing her crop. She claimed…
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