Greeson v. County Board of Education

Appellant had judgment against appellee for the purchase price—which was the fair market value, according to appellant’s testimony—of a carload of lumber used in the erection of a schoolhouse. A contractor had undertaken to build the schoolhouse and had applied to appellant for the lumber. Appellant’s case was that he had refused to extend credit to the contractor, and had furnished the lumber to the contractor on the sole credit, and in pursuance of the express agreement, of the county board to pay for it. The jury returned a verdict for appellant, and there was judgment accordingly; but, on…