FIRST NAT. BK. v. DE LA TOUR CONTRACTORS

No. 89-CA-0980.

570 So.2d 239 (1990)

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE v. de la TOUR CONTRACTORS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1990.

Writ Denied March 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth J. Futrell and James E. Bailey, III, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, First Nat. Bank of Commerce.

David L. Colvin and Lauren M. Miller, David L. Colvin & Associates, Gretna, for defendant-appellant, de la Tour Contractors, Inc.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and KLEES and PLOTKIN, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Defendant, de la Tour Contractors, Inc., appeals the judgment decreeing that the mortgage of plaintiff, First National Bank Of Commerce (FNBC), primed de la Tour's materialman's lien. We affirm.

Defendant was hired by Scott Cecil in May of 1986 to complete work begun by another contractor on certain immovable property in Lake Timberlane Estates. FNBC recorded its mortgage on the same property on May 6, 1986, while defendant's work was still in...

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