Binnings Construction Co. v. Louisiana Life Insurance Co.

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, B innings Construction Company, Inc., instituted this suit against the defendant, the Louisiana Life Insurance Company, endeavoring to recover the sum of $5,968.10, representing the balance due on a building contract, under which plaintiff renovated the interior and exterior of a building owned by defendant at 2107 Dry-ades Street in the City of New Orleans.

The defendant admitted plaintiff had performed the contract; however, it denied that there was any balance due. Then, assuming the position of plaintiff in re-convention, it asserted that plaintiff was indebted unto…