Austin v. Carver

This is an action to foreclose a lien. The trial court found that the lien failed but entered a quantum meruit judgment for plaintiff1 for $2,252.10. It awarded attorney fees and costs to defendant.2 Plaintiff appeals, and we affirm.

Defendant owns a farm on which he has a drilled irrigation well. In November, 1981, at defendant’s request, plaintiff, a pump installer and well driller, pulled the pump from the well to find out why it was not functioning properly. He took the pump from the farm to perform repair work. He overhauled it and installed it in the well on June 15 and 16, 1982.…