Supreme Court of Louisiana December 15, 1851 (Forgay v. Ferguson)

The judgment of the court (Eustis, C. J., being absent,) was pronounced by

Preston, J.

The plaintiff sues the defendant for one-third of the cost of the pavement of Magazine street, in front of the defendant’s property. The plaintiff did the work in pursuance of a contract with the city of Lafayette, made on the 30th of April, 1846.