CC 2770 - Workmen employed by contractor, rights against owner.

Art. 2770. Workmen employed by contractor, rights against owner.

Masons, carpenters and other workmen, who have been employed in the construction of a building or other works, undertaken by the job, have their action against the proprietor of the house on which they have worked, only for the sum which may be due by him to the undertaker at the time their action is commenced.