Sturmville Lumber Co. v. Davis

DOERNER, Commissioner.

This suit, on an open account, was filed in the Magistrate Court of Jefferson County, where defendant prevailed. Plaintiff’s appeal to the Circuit Court of that county, tried before the court, resulted in a judgment in its favor for $163.66, together with interest, from which defendant has appealed.

In 1961 defendant, a carpenter, was building a house in De Soto. The construction was financed by a $7500 loan from the Carondelet Savings & Loan Association, the proceeds of which were disbursed by The Jefferson County Abstract Company as escrow agent. Lumber and materials…