Prieto Lumber Co. v. Shoultz

LANDRY, Judge ad hoc.

Plaintiff, Prieto Lumber Company, a commercial partnership, has taken this appeal from the judgment of the lower court rejecting its demand against defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Shoultz, for the sum of $440.19 allegedly due on open account for certain building materials purportedly sold *859to and used by defendants in the construction of a residence.

Defendants resist the demand on the ground that the materials in question were not sold to them but to one William Holmes, a contractor employed by defendants to construct the dwelling on which the materials were used.

The…