Dufour v. Janin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on the balance of an account due for carpenters’ work done for the defendant, amounting to thirteen hundred and twenty-five dollars, according to an account annexed. The defendant averred, that the plaintiff contracted to ■erect a saw-mill and find the materials, according to a certain plan: that the price agreed on was three thousand dollars, and the work to be completed in four or five months.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on the balance of an account due for carpenters’ work done for the defendant, amounting to thirteen hundred and twenty-five dollars, according to an account annexed. The defendant averred, that the plaintiff contracted to ■erect a saw-mill and find the materials, according to a certain plan: that the price agreed on was three thousand dollars, and the work to be completed in four or five months. That a few days before the expiration of five months, he requested the plaintiff to leave the work; because of the delay and…
1Opinion of the Court
Bullard, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. The plaintiff sues to recover the value of certain carpenters’ work, done for the defendant. The defence set up is, that the work was done under a contract, for a stipulated price by the job, to be done within a limited time, and that the defendant, finding that the plaintiff was unable to complete the job, requested him to desist from the wrorb, before the *149time limited by tbe contract: that he has paid two thousand three hundred and two dollars, on account of the work; and finally, he claims fifteen hundred dollars damages, in' reconvention.…
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