Wade v. Bartek

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1,148.74, plus one hundred dollars attorney’s fees, for services performed in digging a well.

The work was performed under an oral contract, the terms of which can best be set out by quoting the testimony of Mr. Wade. After explaining the preliminary negotiations, he testified:

“Q. What price did you quote? A. Fifty dollar set-up charge and Six Dollars a foot, and I also told him I couldn’t guarantee him water. I told him I would do good workmanship and we’d do the best we could to give him a well. . . . I…