Baylees

Baylees v. Reed

Good Law
1920 Cal. App. LEXIS 426·47 Cal. App. 139·190 P. 211
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 16, 1920Civ. No. 3186.California955 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Thomas, J.

By this action plaintiff seeks to recover $2,354.92 from the defendants, executors of the estate of Edwin Ferris, deceased, for work, labor, and services performed and supplies furnished to said Ferris, at his special instance.

The answer of defendants to plaintiff’s third amended complaint, after admitting formal parts only, denied each and every material allegation thereof, and set up an alleged agreement under and by virtue of which plaintiff performed the work and furnished the materials, etc., for which he now seeks pay, asserting that said decedent, Ferris, had paid plaintiff in full for all said service. We think it unnecessary to recite in detail the terms of this alleged agreement. The case was tried by the court without a jury. Findings were expressly waived. Judgment went for plaintiff in the sum of $102.92. There was no motion for a new trial. The appeal is from the judgment, by the so-called “alternative method.”

We have read the entire record, consisting, as it does, of the clerk’s transcript and reporter’s transcript, also appellant’s opening brief and respondents’ answering brief, from which it appears that both parties hereto seek a reversal of the…

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