LEWIS v. WATKINS

No. 29637.

297 S.W.2d 595 (1957)

Tedford P. LEWIS (Plaintiff), Respondent, v. O. WATKINS, d/b/a Watkins Contracting Company (Defendant), Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

January 2, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Wehrle, Thomas W. Wehrle and Wehrle & Wehrle, Clayton, for appellant.

Kappel & Neill and Walter S. Berkman, St. Louis, for respondent.


MATTHES, Judge.

In this action for damages a jury awarded plaintiff, respondent, $1,912.12, being the exact amount sued for. Following an unavailing motion for judgment in accordance with the motion for directed verdict or in the alternative for a new trial, defendant, appellant, appealed from the judgment rendered on the verdict.

Respondent alleged in his petition that he employed appellant as a subcontractor to do and perform the grading and excavating upon...

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