Burney v. Ibarra

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in a suit by appellee, Nicholas R. Ibarra, d/b/a Southern Sheet Metal Works, against appellant, R. L. Bur- ney, for breach of an oral contract for certain sheet metal and air-conditioning work performed by appellee on a golf club house being constructed by appellant as general contractor.

It appears from the evidence that appellant was the general contractor for the construction of a club house at Olmos Basin Golf Course; that portions of such work were done by subcontractors working under such general contractor;…