J. L. Rumold & Co. v. Rault Petroleum Corp.

GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court judgment rendered in favor of a plumbing subcontractor and against the owner acting as his own general contractor. The owner withheld payment of the balance due on the construction contract, alleging that the plumbing contractor had not complied with the contract requirements in that he failed to obtain the certification of Technical Designs, Inc., he substituted fixtures other than those specified in the contract, and he performed the work in a shoddy and substandard manner. The owner additionally argued that an invoice in the amount of…