James v. Laidlaw Contracting Company

HARWOOD, Justice.

In the suit below the plaintiff sought to recover damages growing out of the breach of an alleged verbal contract. The defendants were Laidlaw Contracting Company, Inc., a Corporation, Wolf Ridge Contracting Company, a Corporation, J. W. Laidlaw, doing business as Laidlaw Contracting Company, and J. W. Laidlaw, individually.

The complaint was originally filed on 6 July 1961, and contained three counts. Count 1, was a common count in code form and claimed for work and labor done. Count 2 was a common count in code form and claimed money due by account. Count 3 was a special…