EASTOVER CORP. v. MARTIN BUILDERS

No. 88-CA-1417.

543 So.2d 1358 (1989)

EASTOVER CORPORATION v. MARTIN BUILDERS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

On Limited Rehearing May 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence L. Brennan, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant S. Stewart Farnet.

Donald A. Meyer, Shushan, Meyer, Jackson, McPherson & Herzog, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee Eastover Corp.

Peter A. Feringa, Jr., Christoffer C. Friend, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for defendants/appellants Martin Builders, Inc. & Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.

Michael E. Wanek, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant Lucien T. Vivien, Jr. and Associates, Inc.

Roger C. Linde, Little & Metzger, Metairie, for defendant/appellant Mechanical Const. Co. of New Orleans, Inc.

Before BARRY, BYRNES and LOBRANO, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

This lawsuit involves an underground plumbing failure at the Quality Inn Motel located on Williams Boulevard in Kenner, La. The motel was built in 1973. The plumbing failure was discovered in 1982.

Plaintiff, Eastover Corporation (Eastover), owner of the building, sued to recover its costs in repairing the system. The original owner of the building, Louisiana Motor Inns (LMI), a partnership in commendum, transferred ownership to Eastover by...

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