Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

The entrepreneur is liable for the fact of the people he employs.

Bricklayers, carpenters and other workmen who have been employed in the construction of a building or other works made for the company, have no action against the person for whom the works were made, except to the extent of what he is indebted to the contractor for, at the time when their action is brought.

Bricklayers, carpenters, locksmiths and other workmen who make contracts directly at prices made, are subject to the rules prescribed in this section: they are contractors in the part they deal with.

The project owner who concludes a private works contract referred to in 3° of Article 1779 must guarantee the contractor payment of the sums due when these exceed a threshold set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. When the client has recourse to a specific loan to finance the works, the credit institution may not pay the amount of the loan to a person other than those mentioned in 3°…