Anderson v. Sommer

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

David Anderson brought this action to recover the cost of materials used to improve property he rented from appellant Robert Sommer. The trial court found there was an oral contract between the parties covering the material costs and ordered judgment for Anderson in the amount of approximately $3,800. Sommer appeals, and we affirm.

FACTS

In November 1980 David Anderson moved into a single-family home in Excelsior, Minnesota, owned by Robert Sommer. Anderson and Sommer agreed to an oral one-year lease. They each acknowledge that when Anderson moved into the home it needed…