Gilbert v. Industrial Mechanical & Maintenance, Inc.

MARVIN, Judge.

In this controversy between Gilbert, the owner of a diesel tractor, and Industrial, a mechanic, over the cost of repair of the tractor, Gilbert appeals a judgment which denied his demands for damages for loss of use of the tractor and which cast him to pay Industrial’s $181 repair bill. We affirm.

The tractor was used at a gravel pit to load trucks. In November 1979 the tractor would not run for more than a few minutes at a time and Gilbert took the tractor to Industrial for repair. At Industrial’s direction, Gilbert took the fuel pump to another business that rebuilt the pump at…