Honeywell, Inc. v. Jimmie B. Guinn, Inc.

For the reasons which will be more fully expressed below, I respectfully disagree with the holding of the Supreme Court in Hauserman v. Roussel-Hart Gen. Gont., 395 So.2d 800 (La.1981). However, in my view, that case is dispositive of the issue presented herein, inasmuch as it held that the liability of a general contractor and his surety to a subcontractor on a public works contract is governed by the prescriptive period provided by LSA-R.S. 38:2189, contained in Part I of the chapter on public contracts. Because this five-year prescriptive period is applicable, Honeywell’s suit is timely,…