Bride v. City of Slater

VAN" OSDOL, Commissioner.

Plaintiff, E. L. Bride, an individual, doing business as E. L. Bride Company, instituted this action against the City of Slater for $6,468.96, allegedly the unpaid purchase price of fuel oil provided by plaintiff Bride to defendant City under a written contract. The defendant City filed its counterclaim for $18,158.07, being the total amount of payments made by defendant City to plaintiff Bride for other fuel oil supplied defendant City by plaintiff pursuant to the contract.

The trial court sustained defendant City’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s petition for failure…