Z. ELLIS ROOFING CO. v. McDONNEL ENTERPRISES

No. 90-CA-36.

562 So.2d 1191 (1990)

Z. ELLIS ROOFING COMPANY, INC. v. McDONNEL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Morgan Brian, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

David J. Krebs, Maura Z. Pelleteri, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and GAUDIN, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal by Z. Ellis Roofing Company, Inc. from a judgment of the 24th Judicial District Court cancelling its lien because it had not been filed timely. Also, the trial judge ordered Ellis to pay attorney fees of $3,500.00.

For the following reasons, we affirm the finding that the lien, filed under the Private Works Act1 by a roofing subcontractor, was tardy; however, we reverse the award of attorney fees...

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