Question juridique clé
Whether the contractor Z. SA could claim the price for the joint work despite the alleged defect, when that joint had been performed by N. SA.
Solution extraite
The price attributable to that joint could not be claimed from X. by Z. SA because Z. SA had not performed that part of the work.
Motifs extraits
The written contract and the parties' conduct showed that the joint work was separately offered and separately undertaken by N. SA, not by Z. SA.