Collings v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA, JUDGE DAWSON, PARISH JUDGE, PRESIDING.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA, JUDGE DAWSON, PARISH JUDGE, PRESIDING. This is an action on an account for work and labor done, at the instance and request of the defendant, in the construction of a large gin-house, cotton press and castings for four gin stands, according to an account annexed, of one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. . The defendant pleaded a general denial, and required strict proof of every allegation, not admitted. He avers, the plaintiff undertook to complete a gin-house of large size, and with…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover one thousand six hundred and twenty, dollars seventy-four cents, for work and labor done for defendant, in the erection of a large cotton-gin. An account is annexed to his petition, showing the details of the work and the prices for each item, which prices the plaintiff *341avers defendant assumed and promised to pay. This claim is resisted on the ground, that plaintiff undertook to build a complete gin-house and put up a press for him for one thousand five hundred andn twenty-six dollars twenty-four cents, 1 J 11 on defendant furnishing all the necessary materials;…
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