Questão jurídica principal
Whether the respondent had standing and passive legitimacy to sue the appellant for payment of construction works.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The appellant was bound to the villa purchasers as a total contractor, so the respondent, as his subcontractor, could sue him directly.
Fundamentação extraída
The purchasers dealt only with the appellant, did not negotiate with the subcontractors, and could reasonably understand the arrangement as a total contractor contract. The respondent was therefore a subcontractor under contracts of enterprise with the appellant.