Smith Const. Co. v. Brechtel

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Smith Construction Company, Inc., instituted this suit against defendant, Roy P. Brechtel, endeavoring to recover $1,509.40, representing the balance due on $5,009.40, for the “performance of additional work” and the “furnishing of extra labor and material, over and above the original building contract”, appertaining to the structure designated by the municipal number 1509 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway, in the City of New Orleans.

Defendant answered and admitted he was indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $545.52, and then reconvened for $4,000, $2,500 of which he alleges…