Southern Metal Treating Co. v. Goodner

STAKELY, Justice.

This is an action by C. Vann Goodner, Jr. and Lillian Goodner (appellees), individually and doing business as Goodner Construction Company, to -recover from Southern Metal Treating Co., Inc. (appellant), the sum of $4,000 as the reasonable value of work and labor done and materials furnished by plaintiffs to defendant at the latter’s request. Originally J. P. Lovoy, President of Southern Metal, was joined as a party defendant. Prior to the submission of the case to the jury, however, Lovoy was stricken as a party.

After the introduction of evidence, plaintiffs’ claim was…