The appellants signed an offer to lease with a lessee who undertook to carry out substantial construction work at its own expense.
The lessee hired the respondent to do the work.
When the respondent was not paid, it registered privileges against the appellants' immovable property.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the agreement between the owner and the lessee did not constitute a construction contract, as there was no claim between them that could be interpreted as an undertaking by the owner to pay the price of construction.
Therefore, the respondent could not claim a privilege on the appellants' immovable.
