Snell v. Watts

In this action Gertrude Snell, as plaintiff, seeks to recover damages from the defendants Emerson Watts and M. Peterson Watts, copartners, doing business as the Thermal Service & Construction Company, for breach of a contract whereby defendants agreed to remodel plaintiff’s Onida, South Dakota, home. Defendant Emerson Watts was not served with process and did not appear in the action. The answer of M. Peterson Watts specifically denied the partnership and the use of the name Thermal Service & Construction Company and generally denied all of the allegations of the complaint. At the close of…