Carr v. Hooper

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

J. W. Hooper brought an action against A. F. Groves and M. H. Carr, copartners under the name of ■ Groves & Carr, for labor and material performed and furnished in plastering five houses and building chimneys thereon, and in constructing five cisterns, in pursuance of a verbal contract, at stipulated prices, on the east 137-|- feet of a lot in the city of Atchison. He alleged that the contract was made in July, 1887, that the work under the contract was completed about December 9,1887, and that the material and work furnished under the…