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PITTMAN CONST. CO. v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF OPELOUSAS

No. 7030.

167 F.Supp. 517 (1958)

PITTMAN CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc., v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF OPELOUSAS.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Opelousas Division.

October 1, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Gallinghouse of Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Joe J. Tritico, Lake Charles, La., for defendant.

Robert F. DeJean, Opelousas, La., for intervenor.

HUNTER, District Judge.

Federal jurisdiction is pegged on diversity. The controlling statute is LSA-R.S. 38:2211 (Act 73 of 1926 as last amended by Act 589 of 1954), which provides in pertinent part:

"All public work to be done, exceeding the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars * * * by any public corporation or political subdivision of the state * * * shall be advertised and let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder who has bid according to the...

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