Supreme Court of Louisiana May 15, 1827 (Fox v. Avart)

Matthews, J.

delivered the opinion of the court. This suit is brought on a contract, by which the plaintiffs bound themselves, as carpenters, to erect and finish certain buildings, as r 7 0 * described in the notarial act passed between them and the defendant, where the latter bound himself to pay a sum ascertained and fixed by r J * said act The cause was submitted to a jury in the court below,