WRIGHT v. MARK C. SMITH & SONS

Nos. 52351 and 52793.

283 So.2d 85 (1973)

William H. WRIGHT, Jr. v. MARK C. SMITH & SONS et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied August 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Marian Mayer Berkett, Shushan, Meyer, Jackson, McPherson & Herzog, Donald A. Meyer, New Orleans, for respondents.

Gary J. Rouse, Kavanaugh & Talley, Victor A. Sachse, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents in No. 52351; applicant in No. 52793.

Dale, Owen, Richardson, Taylor & Mathews, Daniel R. Atkinson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant in No. 52351; intervenor-respondent in No. 52793.


DIXON, Justice.

This case arises out of a land development venture. After arrangements for financing had been made and the land purchased, the prime mover in the development, Bilwood Smith, died. This suit is to enforce building contracts executed in the initial stages of the planned development.

The plaintiff is an officer and shareholder in Beaurivage of Mandeville, Inc., which was the owner of the lands on which the buildings were to have been constructed...

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