Jr. Mills Construction v. Trichinotis

Eldridge, Judge.

Appellant, Jr. Mills Construction filed suit in March 1995 against appellee John Trichinotis in the Magistrate Court of Houston County. Appellant claimed that appellee owed him $1,745.78 toward payment for an additional bedroom he was building onto appellee’s home. Appellee counterclaimed for breach of contract, asserting that appellant had not completed the construction properly and listing specific examples of poor workmanship and related damages. The magistrate dismissed appellant’s suit and found in favor of appellee on the counterclaim, awarding him $1,000 in damages,…