PRINGLE ASSOCIATED MORTGAGE CORPORATION v. EANES

No. 7280.

208 So.2d 346 (1968)

PRINGLE ASSOCIATED MORTGAGE CORPORATION et al. v. Ernest R. EANES, Jr., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1968.

Writ Refused June 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Simoneaux and Victor A. Sachse, of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Robert C. Taylor, Baton Rouge, for Pringle Associated Mortgage Corporation & Ross E. Cox.

Doris Gates Rankin, Baton Rouge, for J. R. McFarland.

George S. Womack and Douglas M. Gonzales, Baton Rouge, for Livingston Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc.

R. Gray Sexton, of Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for Capitol Detective Agency, Inc.

Ernest R. Eldred, Baton Rouge, for Seaborn R. Wicker, Jr., Assignee of Rawlins Electric, Inc.

Before LANDRY, REID and BAILES, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

The pivotal issue presented on this appeal by plaintiff, Pringle Associated Mortgage Corporation (Pringle), is one of law, namely, does a subcontractor who pays his laborers their wages when due in the ordinary course of business, for labor performed on a private construction contract, become subrogated by operation of law to the laborers' lien and privilege against the property involved and the owner thereof pursuant to LSA-R.S. 9:4801 and 9:4812?...

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