Meem Haskins Coal Corporation v. Pratt

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

Miles Pratt and J. M. Thomas brought an action against the Meem Haskins Coal Corporation to recover $1,996.50 for labor performed by them in the construction of a building on the premises of the corporation. They alleged in their petition that in November, 1943, they entered into a contract with the defendant to construct a stone magazine building and for the stone work were to be paid $1.50 a cubic foot; that they completed the work, and the building contained 1331 cubic feet of stone. In the fourth paragraph of its answer the defendant alleged that…