BLAKELEY v. HOWARD

No. 16434.

387 S.W.2d 96 (1965)

J. Alex BLAKELEY, Appellant, v. Ben HOWARD, d/b/a Ben Howard Plumbing Company, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Fichtner, Gayle E. Oler, Dallas, for appellant.

Ely Straus and Robert A. Neathery, Dallas, for appellee.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellee Ben Howard, doing business as Ben Howard Plumbing Company, recovered judgment against appellant J. Alex Blakeley for $3,204.25 in a suit for labor and materials furnished in performing plumbing work on Coralita Courts, a motel owned by appellant.

Appellee's original petition alleged a cause of action based on a verified account. However, in pleadings filed later appellee pled quantum meruit and his cause of action was...

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