McDaniel v. Hager-Stevenson Oil Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in two actions which were consolidated for the purpose of trial. We shall, for convenience, refer to these as the first and second actions.

In the first action plaintiff sought recovery of the sum of $1,017 with interest, claiming that sum as a balance due for work, labor and services in building a water reservoir upon plaintiff’s land for defendant. (The land was leased from plaintiff by defendant.) In its answer defendant admitted the employment of plaintiff and claimed the balance due to be $383 only. The defendant interposed a counterclaim based…