State ex rel. Mutual Building & Homestead Ass'n v. Recorder of Mortgages

Citations

• 11 Teiss. 106
• 1914 La. App. LEXIS 17

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus</p> <p>One who furnishes materials at different times, of different qualities, and sizes, of different price, or who sets up a series .of claims must record “A detailed statement of the amount due, ’ ’ in order to secure his privilege under Art. C. C., 3272; but when the privilege results from a contract to perform one specific work for a gross sum, a statement of the contract price, and of the credits and balance due, giving the date and nature of the contract, with whom made, for what particular work, and the quality thereof, the building upon which the work was done, the name of the contractor, and of the owner, is a sufficient compliance with the law, because the claim is not susceptible of a more detailed statement.</p>