NICHOLS FORD COMPANY, INC. v. HUGHES

No. 12250.

292 So.2d 345 (1974)

NICHOLS FORD COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. V. Linton HUGHES, Individually and doing business as Hughes Engineering and Construction Company and the Travelers Indemnity Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 19, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright & Joyce by Patrick H. Wright, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellant V. Linton Hughes, Individually and d/b/a Hughes Engineering and Construction Co.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by R. L. Davis, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellant, The Travelers Indem. Co.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, by Thomas M. Hayes, Jr., Monroe, for appellee.

Before AYRES, HALL and WILLIAMS, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiff-owner, Nichols Ford Company, Inc., is entitled to recover from the defendant-contractor, V. Linton Hughes, d/b/a Hughes Engineering and Construction Company, and his surety, The Travelers Indemnity Company, the cost of repairing or replacing an allegedly defective roof and concrete floor in a prefabricated steel building constructed by Hughes for Nichols, and, if so, the amount of recovery.

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