Seelye

Johnson v. Seelye

Good Law
1920 Cal. App. LEXIS 825·73 Cal. App. 792·251 P. 648
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 22, 1920Docket No. 2819.California738 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Shaw, J.

In this action the complaint contains two counts. By the first cause of action plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $863, alleged to be the reasonable value of a certain line of concrete pipe laid and constructed upon defendants’ premises at their special instance and request; and by the second cause of action recovery is sought for the construction of another line of pipe for which defendants, as alleged, agreed to pay plaintiff $73.80. In addition to denying the allegations of the complaint, defendants filed a cross-complaint wherein they alleged the employing of plaintiff to lay both lines of pipe, which were by him to be completed by June 1, 1917; that he failed to comply with his contract in that behalf, as a result of which defendants were damaged in the sum of $2,000; all of which plaintiff, by his answer to the cross-complaint, denied.

The court made findings adverse to defendants, upon which judgment followed for plaintiff, and from which defendants appeal, basing their claim for a reversal upon the ground alone that none of the findings are supported by the evidence.

The contention is without merit. That plaintiff performed the work and laid both lines of pipe appears…

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