Cumnock-Reed Co. v. Smith

Opinion op the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

— Reversing.

Tlie appellee, Smith, the plaintiff below, brought this action against appellant, alleging it was indebted to him in the sum of $536 for work and labor he performed at appellant’s instance and request during 1936, and for which it promised and agreed to pay him $536. The answer after traversing the petition pleaded affirmatively that appellant owned certain stave timber in Leslie County, which timber was manufactured for it by R. L. Grilvin, who was an independent contractor, and that any labor performed by Smith was performed for Grilvin…