Taylor v. Mark

WILSON, Justice.

Appellee, Mark, alleged he and appellant entered into an agreement that appellant would furnish material and appellee was to perform the labor to construct a dwelling. He pleaded that after he had done much work, appellant denied him access to the premises, completed the building himself, sold the house, and failed to pay appel-lee his damages for breach of the contract.

The damage issue submitted authorized the jury, in determining the value of labor and material furnished by appellee in constructing- the building, to consider the “reasonable value of materials paid for by…