Heaton v. Imus

— Ken and Barbara Imus, doing business as Jacaranda Land & Development Corporation, owned realty in Bellingham, Washington. Stuart D. Heaton, doing business as Heaton Construction Company, performed rehabilitation work on certain of the Imuses' properties. This action arose out of a dispute regarding the compensation agreed upon for the restoration of one of the properties.

Imus contends that the parties agreed upon an oral, implied in fact, lump-sum contract for the construction project. Heaton argues that the agreement between the parties was an oral, implied in fact, cost-plus contract. The…