PIONEER ENTERPRISES, INC. v. Edens

This is an action for recovery of the balance due on a written contract to build a grain storage facility, brought by the plaintiff, Pioneer Enterprises, Inc. (Pioneer), against the defendant, Lee Ray Edens.

In this action at law, tried without a jury, Edens raised the defenses that the agreement was not substantially performed, that Pioneer failed to perform the agreement in a workmanlike manner, and that the grain storage facility was not fit for the purpose for which it was intended. Edens also raised various setoffs and counterclaims, some of which were settled prior to trial.

Pioneer…