DANE v. DOUCET BROS. CONST. CO., INC.

No. 11387.

396 So.2d 418 (1981)

John DANE, Jr. v. DOUCET BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. and Tomeny Construction Company, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy L. Price, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Dalton, Gillen & Roniger, Samuel S. Dalton, Jefferson, for defendant-appellee.

Faris, Ellis, Cutrone, Gilmore & Lautenschlaeger, H. S. H. Verlander, Jr., New Orleans, Anthony W. Wambsgans, Metairie, for defendant-appellant, William M. Justice, Jr., Clerk of Court.

Before SAMUEL, BARRY and SARTAIN, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

This litigation involves the liability of a Clerk of Court for damages arising out of the failure of his office to show a prior recorded notice of lis pendens on a mortgage certificate. Other issues pertain to third party demands of the Clerk and the vendor of the property and quantum. From a judgment casting the Clerk and the vendor in solido, the Clerk appeals. We amend as to quantum and affirm.

In January of 1976 Doucet Brothers Construction...

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