Hedges v. Schinazi

The defendant appeals from a judgment of the small claims court ordering him to pay the plaintiff the sum of $435 for the plaintiff’s repavement of a driveway. We affirm.

The transcript reveals the following. The defendant has a right of way underneath a gas station for a sewer pipe that runs to his property. In February of 1981 the sewer pipe burst. The defendant hired the plaintiff to repair the pipe. In order to do the repair, the plaintiff dug up a portion of the gas station’s driveway. The plaintiff repaired the pipe, and the defendant paid that repair bill. The parties also discussed the…