Lassiter v. Cecil

McGEE, Judge.

Plaintiffs signed a fee construction contract with defendant Castle Construction Company, Inc. (Castle) on 10 June 1996 to build a house on plaintiffs’ land. Defendant Ronald Jeffrey Cecil (Cecil) signed the contract as president of Castle. The contract provided that Cecil, as Castle’s representative, would personally oversee and provide general supervision in connection with the construction project. Construction began immediately, and plaintiffs paid defendants every month as billed. Then, in December 1996, plaintiffs withheld several thousand dollars from their payment because…