Supreme Court of Louisiana May 31, 1897, No. 12,440 (Monarch & Kaiser v. Board of Commissioners)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Plaintiffs brought suit to compel the defendants to pay them the sum of eightthousand nine hundred and three dollars for work done, they alleged, under the original contract, and for one hundred and five dollars for extra work under a supplemental contract, covering such work, and, in addition, for the sum of two thousand three hundred and