Gateley v. Humphrey

This case originated in the Dallas County Court at Law No. 2 and reaches this Court on a certificate of dissent.

The certificate contains the following recitation of facts:

“Appellant’s suit in trial court was for a balance due of $550 for services rendered and material furnished in an interior decorating job on defendants’ home; suing also for $250 as attorney’s fees. Defendants answered by general denials and cross action, alleging that the work as performed was incomplete and unsatisfactory. The jury in verdict found that plaintiff was due $550 as prayed; fixed $250 as a reasonable…