Whittington v. Nelson Bros. Const. Co.

Nelson Bros. Construction Company, a defendant herein, was engaged as the eontraetor to construct or build highway No. 51, between Hammond and Amite, La.

Plaintiff, a merchant of Tangipahoa, alleges that J. H. Newton Construction Company was employed by the Nelson. Construction Company to build the shoulders on that highway, as a subcontractor. He further alleges that between July and November, 1929, he sold feedstuff to the'J. H. Newton Construction Company amounting to $556.80, which was fed to mules owned by Newton while they were being used in doing work on the aforesaid highway No. 51,…