Shelley v. Kofka

Plaintiff furnished and laid carpet upon certain floors in defendants’ dwelling house. One thousand dollars was paid to plaintiff on account, by defendants’ interior decorator. When, upon completion of the work, plaintiff’s bill for the balance due of $2,223.74 was presented to them defendants refused to pay it.

Plaintiff’s complaint was in two counts: First, for the reasonable value of the carpet; and, secondly, for the foreclosure of his asserted mechanic’s lien upon defendants’ real property.

As to the first count, the trial court found that defendants purchased the carpet from the interior…