Wilson's Contracting Company v. Jones

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal by a residential contractor from a final judgment in a suit for breach of contract.

*1123The dispute between Jesse Jones, Jr. and N. Wilson’s Contracting Company arises from a written contract whereby Wilson was to build a residence on Jones’s lot. Jones paid $1,100.00 in earnest money and conveyed title to the property to Wilson as part of a security for the payment for the erection of the residence. The contract had two pertinent provisions: (1) that the building would be completed by a certain date, and (2) that the agreement was contingent upon Jones’…