LAKE CHARLES TILE & CARPET CO., INC. v. DeKONING

No. 4886.

307 So.2d 757 (1975)

LAKE CHARLES TILE & CARPET COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Gerrit J. DeKONING, d/b/a Betta Barn, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Carwile & Barsh by Karl E. Boellert, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Charley Quienalty, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGE, CULPEPPER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

The defendant appeals a judgment ordering him to pay to plaintiff the sum of $1,461.82 plus interest and attorney's fees due under a contract pursuant to which plaintiff installed a carpet in defendant's pet shop.

The essential issue is whether plaintiff substantially performed the contract.

In determining the application of the doctrine of substantial performance to construction contracts, the court must look to (1) the extent of...

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