Hortman-Salmen Co. v. Smith

PHELPS, Judgé

Ad Hoc. Plaintiff, Hortman-Salmen Company, Inc., brought this suit against Robert Smith, Clayton J. Borne, Fidelity Homestead Association and Brooks L. Vassar for the payment of plaintiff’s claim as material man, amounting to two hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy-four cents, and for the recognition of plaintiff’s lien and privilege on the property in question. The facts are admitted and are as follows:

On November 19, 1924, Smith was the owner of a lot of ground in the city of New Orleans. Vassar, a contractor, was en/gaged in the construction of a building on the said…