Priem v. Shires

POWERS, Justice.

Marion Priem, joined by his wife, sued Paul L. Shires for money damages. Shires, in turn, sued the Priems by way of counterclaim. After a jury trial, the trial court disregarded the jury’s answers to special issues and rendered judgment that the parties take nothing by their respective suits. We will affirm the trial-court judgment. We will refer to the Priems as “Priem” and to Shires by name.

Priem alleged that Shires had failed to complete in a good and workmanlike manner his construction of Priem’s residence. Contending that such failure amounted to the “breach of an ...…